First principles of health justice: a human right to be healthy – Sridhar Venkatapuram – TEDxLSHTM

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First principles of health justice: a human right to be healthy | Sridhar Venkatapuram | TEDxLSHTM

In this talk at TEDxLSHTM, Medact Trustee Sridhar Venkatapuram argues that every human being has a human right to the capability to be healthy. He takes us through the first principles required for health to be a human right: a shift to thinking about health as a capability and a recognition that health and health inequalities are questions of social justice.