Public health emergencies in Democratic States

Authors

  • Fernando Aith Faculdade de Saúde Pública. Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo/SP.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9044.v20i2p01-04

Keywords:

Covid-19, Public Health Emergency, Democratic State, Pandemic

Abstract

The full effectiveness of the right to health demands permanent efforts and considerable creativity from democratic societies, to face the enormous sanitary challenges imposed by global, national and local realities. At present, the world witnesses astonished the global dissemination of another lethal virus, the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Part of this perplexity lays on the perception that modern societies do not maintain appropriate legal instruments to confront, in a democratic, transparent and efficient manner, a pandemic of this magnitude. How to reconcile classic measures of control of epidemics, such as isolation, quarantine and compulsory diagnosis and treatment, with the principles and rules of a Democratic State subject to the rule of Law?

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Author Biography

  • Fernando Aith, Faculdade de Saúde Pública. Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo/SP.

    Professor Titular da Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Vice-Diretor de Pesquisa do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Direito Sanitário da USP (NAP-DISA/USP); diretor geral do Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Direito Sanitário (Cepedisa)

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Published

2020-05-12

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2020)

Section

Editorial

License

The Revista de Direito Sanitário/ Journal of Health Law adopts the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internacional. This license allows to share - "copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially" and adapt - "remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially." Details at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en

How to Cite

Aith, F. (2020). Public health emergencies in Democratic States. Journal of Health Law, 20(2), 01-04. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9044.v20i2p01-04