Protecting people, whoever they are, wherever they live, is a Council of
Europe priority. Membership of the Council of Europe presupposes the
obligation for states to ensure their people’s prerogative to basic human
rights, and among such basic rights is the right to health protection.
Health protection and promotion
are two lines of action used within the Council of Europe to develop an
ethical European health policy, by:
combining human rights, social cohesion and health agendas;
harmonising member states’ health policies in terms of safety and quality;
developing preventive medicine and health education; and
promoting patients’ rights, access to health care, citizen participation and
protection for vulnerable groups.
No poor health
for poor people
The right to the
protection of health lies at the heart of the activities carried out by the
Council of Europe in the social domain. National representatives from 47
member states work together with specialist experts to set out minimum
guarantees to safeguard human rights and indeed patients’ rights at the
European level.
Practical
considerations of health care are discussed as are ethical and policy
considerations. There is democratic participation of citizens and patients
and coordinated efforts by national authorities, experts, other international
organisations and civil society to make visible progress in the domain of
health.
Print 
Send 
FRANCAIS 
combining human rights, social cohesion and health agendas;