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Authors: Pedraza, Virginia; Pedraza, Ignacio

This article seeks to delve into the validity and significance of a human rights approach, of essential application, when it comes to sexual and reproductive health rights. With a systemic perspective, it inquires about the complexity of its characteristics and the interrelationships that weaves it among other rights of equal hierarchy. It also highlights the value that such vision provides for the generation of public policies and the interpretation of the law, aiming to a fulfilled, dignified and integral human development.

82-100

Authors: Ríos, Belén

Tobacco consumption and secondhand smoke exposure are proven causes of illness and death. In Argentina 40,000 people die each year from smoking‐related diseases and it generates the need for the Federal Government to take measures to prevent these deaths, primarily to meet their obligations under the human right to health. The Argentine Republic has a tobacco control law that meets international standards in this area, such as smoke‐free environments, health warnings, tobacco advertising restrictions, among others. However, it has not yet adopted policies to increase cigarette prices, although that is the most effective measure to reduce cigarette consumption. In Argentina, tobacco is one of the cheapest in the world, facilitating its accessibility especially among young people. Low prices of cigarettes are a direct result of tax policies that, among other things, subsidize tobacco production, keeping very low costs. The contrast between tobacco control policies and tax measures, that encourage the production, implies some contradictions within the National State, first sanctioned tobacco control measures to cut consumption and, on the other hand, promotes the production maintaining low tobacco prices. This article seeks to analyze and these contradictions of the Argentine State, through the encouragement of production, violating international obligations and especially not effectively protecting the health of the population.

116-141

Authors: Ortega, José; Espósito, Santiago

The late twentieth century and the beginning of this one, show a dizzying array of social and economic changes that have affected the health systems. The integration of Information and Communication Technology ("ICT") in the health sector has generated expectations and tools for providing answers to this scenario, as well as new challenges. We will try to give a comprehensive view of ICT and health services, explaining in general and practical terms the problems, benefits and challenges that the application of ICT to the the health sector may imply, making suggestions as these questions arise.

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Authors: Tamagnini, Carolina

The initiative for a Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) is on the agenda of several academics and the civil society specialized on the right to health. Based on the difficulties regarding the access to health services, the FCGH would legislate aspects related to the right to health in order to improve that situation. The aim of this paper is to make an approach to the opportunities and the limitations of the Framework Convention on Global Health, and it is accomplished by referring to its precedents, by exposing its key aspects, as well as the critics it suffered by the academic community.