Health Care Corruption

Good Governance for Medicines
...a programme working to ensure that essential medicines reach people - not the black market - by raising awareness of abuse in the public pharmaceutical sector and promoting good governance. Good Governance for Medicines (GGM) is an effort to curb corruption in pharmaceutical sector systems through the application of transparent and accountable administrative procedures and the promotion of ethical practices among health professionals....

Review of Corruption in the Health Sector: Theory, Methods and Interventions
...a conceptual framework to guide policymakers in examining corruption in the health sector and to identify possible ways to intervene. When power is abused for private gain, one place to look for explanation is how corruption is linked to various aspects of management, financing, and governance...

...analyses the concept of accountability as a feature of human rights in the context of the right to the highest attainable standard of health. The premise of the document is that the State remains ultimately accountable for guaranteeing the realisation of the right to health...

Health Systems and the Right to Health: An Assessment of 194 Countries

...a survey of health and human rights in 194 countries over 18 months. The authors sought compelling guidance on the core obligations of the right to health. It includes freedoms, such as the right to be free from discrimination and involuntary medical treatment...