Legal determinants of health: facing global health challenges
Published:April 30, 2019DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30808-6
Law is crucial for protecting the health and wellbeing of society. Robust legal systems strive to create a society that is fair. Laws influence every aspect of society and health, from regulating individual lives to stipulating expected behaviours of individuals, states, and corporate entities.
Today, The Lancet publishes the report of the Lancet–O'Neill Institute Commission on Global Health and Law, The legal determinants of health: harnessing the power of law for global health and sustainable development.
Initiated in 2015, the Commission was led by Lawrence Gostin and John Monahan of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA, and convened experts from health, governance, and law to examine the central role of law in responding to global health and to define the legal determinants of health.
Initiated in 2015, the Commission was led by Lawrence Gostin and John Monahan of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA, and convened experts from health, governance, and law to examine the central role of law in responding to global health and to define the legal determinants of health.
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