3. In many countries health is among the most corrupt sectors. Health sector corruption, including for example the bribing of health officials and unofficial payments to health care providers, obstructs the ability of States to fulfil their right to health obligation and to guarantee available, accessible, acceptable and good quality health services, goods and facilities. Yet corruption affecting health also occurs in other sectors and industries, for example, the water sector, and the food and beverages, tobacco and other industries. Moreover, corruption has significant implications for equality and non discrimination since it has a particularly marked impact on the health of populations in situations of vulnerability and social exclusion, in particular those living in poverty and children.
Year | 2017 |
Topic | Food policy Tobacco control |
Document Type | Special Reports |
Country | N/A |
Policy Area | Industry interference |
Human Rights | Right to health Business and human rights Right to water |
Groups Affected | Children and adolescents Low-income groups |
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Interim Report on the Right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, A/72/137, (2017). Par. 3. Available at: https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N17/214/96/PDF/N1721496.pdf?OpenElement