Ley Organica de Salud (Organic Health Act)
National Congress; Ecuador
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General Health Legislation
Ecuador
22 December 2006
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La presente Ley tiene como finalidad regular las acciones que permitan efectivizar el derecho universal a la salud consagrado en la Constitución Política de la República y la ley. Se rige por los principios de equidad, integralidad, solidaridad, universalidad, irrenunciabilidad, indivisibilidad, participación, pluralidad, calidad y eficiencia; con enfoque de derechos, intercultural, de género, generacional y bioético.This Act seeks to regulate the actions to effectuate the universal right to health enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic and the law. It is governed by the principles of fairness, integrity, solidarity, universality, inalienability, indivisibility, participation, diversity, quality and efficiency, with a focus on rights, culture, gender and bioethics.
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