HEALTH ADVOCACY : CITIZENSHIP ENSURING THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CASE STUDY OF LAW PROJECT N. 01/2003

The practice of health advocacy presumes the defense of the right to health in particular scenarios. 1988 Constitution has been rewritten by the 29th amendment and the new redaction for the § 2nd paragraph of the article 198 now demands that the federative actors must reserve part of its taxes to finance health actions and services. Meanwhile, the project of law to regulate the constitutional orientation is being analyzed by the Congress in a very slowly way due to legal and procedure obstacles. This works is a health advocacy exercice and seeks to identify and discuss the legislatives obstacles to the full realization of the right to health.