The Right to Health and the MDGs : Confronting HIV/AIDS in Africa

The Book Segment examines the right to health as a legal and moral imperative, focusing on international and constitutional legal instruments as well as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It interrogates the role of states and non-state actors in realising the promise of the MDGs in relation to the HIV/AIDS scourge in Africa. The Paper also calls on Africa's governments to design and implement effective health and AIDS policies, pursuant to their human rights obligations and MDG imperatives