On August 7, 2008 I attended the bi-weekly Health and Human Rights Course where guest speaker Zelda Holtman presented research on the Patients Rights Charter and the Right to Health campaign, its success, obstacles, and recommendations regarding the responsibilities of the health system when addressing health as a human right (as it is protected in the Constitution and Batho Pele-"People First" in Sesotho). The theme that I took away was the complexity of the health system, and the impact that capacity and resources have on health service delivery, thus affecting the patient's treatment and health. Identifying or developing protocols that identify WHO is responsible for respecting the patient's right to health and HOW that will be delivered is a current bureaucratic obstacle.
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