Contribution and challenges of Argentine National Administration of Drugs, Foods and Medicine Technology to the right to health

Authors

  • Claudia Viviana Madies Ministério da Saúde da Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9044.v10i3p115-151

Keywords:

Governmental Regulation, Human Rights, Regulatory Agencies, Sanitary Vigillance of Products

Abstract

This article aims to describe some of the explanatory drawing of ANMAT, an approximation to its actual operation and identification of some of their contributions and challenges to improve the right to health of Argentines. The study begins by analyzing some of the failures of regulation that is exposed such office and what are the specific market failures in health that justify its existence. Then it discuss how the right to health is constitutionally recognized in Argentina and how the law allows this agency to promote the exercise of that right. It highlights the challenge of this agency to be independent and flexible to adapt to social and economic changes in this society.

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Published

02/01/2010

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2010)

Section

Argument

License

The Revista de Direito Sanitário/ Journal of Health Law adopts the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internacional. This license allows to share - "copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially" and adapt - "remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially." Details at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en

How to Cite

Madies, C. V. (2010). Contribution and challenges of Argentine National Administration of Drugs, Foods and Medicine Technology to the right to health . Journal of Health Law, 10(3), 115-151. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9044.v10i3p115-151