It is important that we all contribute to the debate on health and our Fundamental Charter. In this regard, I provide the following text: “The State guarantees the right to the highest possible level of physical, mental and social health to all its inhabitants without exclusion throughout the course of life, through synergistic and interdependent policies, in education, sanitation, environment, housing and urban development, food, physical activity and recreation, decent and safe work , that being respectful of the diversity, autonomy and freedom of individuals, contribute, in and with communities, to a just, equitable and sustainable development that makes possible the fullest quality of human life and well-being, together with ensuring, without discrimination, access to a social protection system in universal, equitable and supportive health, which acts effectively in the social determinants of health and provides services , care and care, accessible, timely, integral and quality, which have as their main pillar to focus on the needs and the leading participation of individuals, families and communities”. Understanding health beyond care services allows us a meeting place around shared values and objectives, which opens the way to legislation for a just and healthy country.
Osvaldo Artaza Barrios
Dean Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of the Americas
