Public Health Act and Subsidiary Legislation in India

Health care is the fundamental right of every human being. Right to health and its correlation with the right to health care was first outlined in The Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, wherein the right to health was conceived as an individual's civil right and states were bound to provide minimum conditions to enable individuals to enjoy this right and to provide primary health services in an equal and fair manner. The primary goal of public health is to prevent disease and promote health of population. Public health law could be defined as the study of the legal powers and duties of the State. Public health law focuses on the nexus between legal powers and duties of the State, the law and legal tools.