@article{2020:selkur:healthcare,
title = {Healthcare system in the rural region (local government) of Nigeria: legal framework, obstacles and challenges to provide medical care},
year = {2020},
note = {It is often said that health is wealth. That being the case then,
health is an asset to be desired because a healthy man is a wealthy
man equally; a healthy nation is invariably a wealthy nation. Health
has been described a fundamental human right indispensable for the
exercise of other human rights. This implies that the state has a
responsibility for the health of her people. Every human being is
entitled to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health
conducive to living a life in dignity. The realization of these may be
pursued through numerous, complimentary approaches, such as the
formulation of health policies, or the implementation of health
programmes developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the
adoption of specific legal instruments. Poor health inflicts great
hardships on communities whereby the health status of people in the
community affect their abilities to work and thus underpins the
welfare of such community. This paper will attempt to examine what
health care is at the rural region, the legal framework as
encapsulated in the various legal instruments, obstacles and steps
towards change.},
journal = {KAS African Law Study Library},
pages = {653--666},
author = {SELKUR, Rita Dashe},
volume = {7},
number = {4}
}