Critical Study of Legal Rights of People in Developing Nations like India Regarding Access to Healthcare and Medicine in the Light of TRIPS Regime

Thesis, Ph. D, Alliance School of Law, Alliance University, 2021 Guide: Dr. Kiran D. Gardner Alliance School of Law

Right to Health and Healthcare is very essential aspect of right to life. There have been so many newlinenoted references with respect to the right to health and healthcare in the philosophical literature. newlineTherefore, over a period of time such expression has assumed an importance in the context of newlineInternational Human Rights. On top of it, the phrase Right to Health and Healthcare does newlineseem to presume that State must guarantee this right to every person. As far as the developing newlinenations are concerned, the issue of healthcare has still been there. Countries like India where newlinemost of the people still do live below poverty line do not have access to such world class newlinehealthcare including access to affordable medicines. There has been found to be a big social newlineeconomic void which makes it difficult for the needy to have access to healthcare and better newlinemedical facilities. We have also seen remarkable progress in the medical science and the same newlinemust be enjoyed by everyone but because of poverty, lack of facilities, information, illiteracy newlinesuch achievements cannot be enjoyed by the vulnerable section of the society. There has also newlinebeen a big lack in the approach from the side of the governments of the developing world to newlineremove asymmetries in between medical advancements on one hand and access to such newlineadvancements at affordable cost to the vulnerable section of people on the other. Ever newlineincreasing cost with respect to healthcare and essential medicines and ever ascending use of newlinevery costly health care goods and services do provide for the reason for the change to be done newlineto the access to healthcare and medicines keeping in view their human rights aspect intact. It newlinehas also been seen in the last few years that the people of the developing nations have not been newlineable to fight with the life-threatening ailments for want of their inability to have access to newlineaffordable healthcare system including their access to essential medicines.