Access to Healthcare for Persons with Albinism in Ghana : a Human Rights Approach / Andrews Kwame Daklo
2021
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Title
Access to Healthcare for Persons with Albinism in Ghana : a Human Rights Approach / Andrews Kwame Daklo
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Venice, Italy: Global Campus of Human Rights, 2021
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English
Summary
The realisation of the right to health is crucial to the survival
of everyone, including persons with albinism in Ghana. Access to
healthcare facilities, goods and services is fundamental to the enjoyment
of this right which is closely connected to the enjoyment of the right
to life by persons with albinism. Against the backdrop of international
human rights law, this study critically examines Ghana’s domestic legal
frameworks and institutional arrangements for respecting, promoting,
protecting and fulfilling the rights to health for persons with albinism.
It identifies barriers hindering access to healthcare and enjoyment of
the right to health, including legal and policy constraints, lack of healthrelated
information, reasonable accommodation, and harmful practices.
The study proposes legal, policy and institutional reforms and intensive
public education to address these barriers. It draws on best practices
from other African countries to realise the right to health of persons
with albinism.
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