Is privatisation of health care compatible with international human rights law? User fees, economic accessibility, and maternal health care

In line with this, it does not specify how health care services should be delivered or paid for, as long as the provision of health care is consistent with human rights obligations. However, as this thesis demonstrates, this neutrality is more apparent than real.

Furthermore, this is a positive and necessary development within international human rights law, which should be acknowledged and deepened.<br><br>The thesis develops this argument by looking at the introduction of user fees in health care. It demonstrates that these fees jeopardise the human rights principle of economic accessibility, which is a component of the Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality (AAAQ) framework that forms part of the human right to health.<br><br>The thesis´ case study is the impact of the introduction of user fees on access to maternal health care by socio economically disadvantaged women.