Abstract

DUARTE-ZOILAN, Derlis Gustavo Adolfo. Constitutional protection of the right to health in the Republic of Paraguay. Rev. cient. cienc. salud [online]. 2024, vol.6, e6601.  Epub Feb 15, 2024. ISSN 2664-2891.  https://doi.org/10.53732/rccsalud/2024.e6601.

With the enactment of the National Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay in 1992, articles 68 and 69 state that "the State will protect and promote the right to health as fundamental, providing the conditions within the National Health System, resources, plans and policies integrated to development". This constitutional framework has been the basis and foundation of Law 1.032/96, which creates the National Health System, which is composed of public, mixed and private subsectors, characterized by a segmented and fragmented model, regulated by the Decree Law No. 21,376 of 1998, under the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare, Paraguayan health is currently based on strategic axes based on the creation and implementation of family health units and is defined with an approach based on primary health care.

Keywords : Paraguay; right to health; national health systems; constitution and bylaws; primary health care.

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