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Article 24: "Indigenous peoples have the right to their traditional medicines and health practices, including the right to the protection of vital medicinal plants, animals and minerals.
They also have the right to access, without any discrimination, to all medical institutions, health services and medical care."
Article 24: "Social security schemes shall be extended progressively to cover the peoples concerned, and applied without discrimination against them."
Article 10: "Right to Health
f. Satisfaction of the health needs of the highest risk groups and of those whose poverty makes them the most vulnerable."
Article XI: “Every person has the right to the preservation of his health through sanitary and social measures related to food, clothing, housing and medical care, to the extent permitted by public and community resources.”
Article 11(1): “The State Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing and to the continuous improvement of living conditions...”
Article 12(1): “The State Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard for physical and mental health. (2). The Steps to be taken by the State Parties to the present Covenant to achieve the full realization of this right shall include those necessary for:
(c) the prevention, treatment and control of epidemic, endemic, occupation and other disease;
Article 5(e)(iv): “...States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone to public health, medical care, social security and social services."
Article 16: “(1) Every individual shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health. (2) States parties to the present Charter shall take necessary measures to protect the health of their people and to ensure that they receive medical attention when they are sick.”
9. Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development (Copenhagen, Denmark, March 6-12, 1995)
C. Commitments.
Commitment 6. "We commit ourselves to promoting and attaining the goals of universal and equitable access to quality education, the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and the access of all to primary health care. The purpose of these activities is to eradicate poverty, promote full and productive employment and foster social integration. To this end, at the national level, we will: (g) Recognize and support the right of indigenous people to education in a manner that is responsive to their specific needs, aspirations and cultures, and ensure their full access to health care"
10. World Bank Operational Directive 4.20 (OD 4.20) (September 1991)
12. Alliance for Sustainable Development documents signed by signed the Presidents of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama and a Representative of the Prime Minister of Belize, at the Central American Ecological Summit for Sustainable Development in Managua, Nicaragua (October 12, 1994)
Education and Health. We pledge to place priority on providing education and health for the people of Central America, as prerequisites for sustainable development in the region.
Food and Nutritional Security. We aim to guarantee and effective food and nutritional security system for the peoples of Central America, in accordance with the characteristics and customs of each country..."
13. Program of Immediate Actions Derived from the Declaration of San Salvador II for the Investment in Human Capital signed by the Presidents of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama and the Prime Minister of Belize, and El Costa Verde, in the Republic of El Salvador (March 30, 1995)
"To develop a Promotion and Education Program for Health that stimulates integral health, strengthens healthy life styles, and develops responsibility for individual and collective health, while encouraging community participation and horizontal cooperation."
14. Summit of the Americas Plan of Action, signed by 34 heads of state participating in the Summit of the Americas (Miami, Florida 1994)
17. Equitable Access to Basic Health Services. Despite impressive gains in the Hemisphere, limitations on health services access and quality have resulted in persistently high child and maternal mortality, particularly among the rural poor and indigenous groups. ...Develop or update country action plans or programs for reforms to achieve child, maternal and reproductive health goals and ensure universal, non-discriminatory access to basic services, including health education and preventive health care programs.
The plans and programs will be developed according to a mechanism to be decided upon by each country. Reforms would encompass essential community-based services for the poor, the disabled, and indigenous groups; stronger public health infrastructure; alternative means of financing, managing and providing services; quality assurance; and greater use of non-governmental actors and organizations."
Ley 23.302 de 1985
Article 18: ”La autoridad de salud coordinará con los gobiernos de provincia las realizaciones de planes intensivos de salud para las comunidades indígenas, para la prevención y la recuperación de la salud física y psíquica de sus miembros, creando unidades sanitarias móviles para la atención de las comunidades dispersas. Se promoverá la formación del personal especializado para el cumplimiento de la acción sanitaria en las zonas de radicación de las comunidades”.
b) La realización de examenes de laboratorio que complementen los examenes clínicos;
c) La realización de examenes cardiovasculares, a fin de prevenir la mortalidad prematura;
Las medidas indicadas en este capítulo lo serán sin perjuicio de la aplicación de los planes sanitarios dictados por las autoridades nacionales, provinciales y municipales, con carácter general para todos los habitantes del país.”
Ley 1.493 de 1993
Art. 11: ”As açoes de saúde para as comunidades indígenas destinam-se ao alcance do equilíbrio bio-psico-social e dar-se-ão para valorizar e complementar as prácticas da medicina indígena, tendo como finalidades:
I. Reduçao da mortalidade geral, em especial a materno-infantil;
II. Interrupçao do ciclo de doenças transmissíves;
III. Comabate à desnutriçao.”
Art. 12: ”Será garantido aos índios e às comunidades indígenas a acesso às açoes de nível primário, secundário e terciário do Sistema Ünico de Saúde.”
Art. 13: ”São assegurados os serviços de atençao primária à saúde no interior de terras indígenas.”
Art. 14: ”O órgãno federal de assistência ao índio integrará o Sistema Único de Saúde-SUS, a partir da utilização da rede pública e conveniada, bem como dos seus mecanismos de financiamiento, para asegurar meios outros que viabilizem assitência integral e diferenciada, consideradas as especificidades das comunidades indígenas.”
Art. 121: “O sistema de prevenção e assistência a saúde para as comunidades indígenas destina-se a complementar as práticas de medicina indígena, visando a redução do risco de doenças e outros agravos e o estabelecimento de condições que assegurem aos índios e as comunidades indígenas o acesso universal e igualitário as atividades e aos serviços de saúde.”
Art. 122: “As ações de saúde voltadas para os índios e suas comunidades terão como príncipio:
I. o respeito e a valorização das diferentes práticas da medicína indígena:
III. a participação da comunidade indígena, através de seus representantes, na formulação da política de saúde, e em todas as fases das ações de saúde.”
Art. 123: “-É reconhecido e garantido o sistema tradicional de saúde de cada comunidade indígena, componente de sua organização social, costumes, crenções e tradiçcões.”
- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Vol 3 Recommendations, 3.2.1
Artículo 84: El Estado reconocerá y garantizará a los pueblos indígenas, de conformidad con esta Constitución y la ley, el respeto al orden público y a los derechos humanos, los siguientes derechos colectivos a los pueblos indígenas: (12) A sus sistemas, conocimientos y prácticas de medicina tradicional, incluido el derecho a la protección de los lugares rituales y sagrados, plantas, animales, minerales y ecosistemas de interés vital desde el punto de vista de aquella.
Resolución No. 10.013 de 1981
Artículo 4: Con base en el estudio a que se alude en el artículo segundo, se elaborarán modelos conducentes a prestar servicios eficaces de atención primaria de salud ya proponer la forma de integrar la medicina tradicional autóctona con la medicina institucionalizada.
Artículo 12: Para [efectos] de la organización y participación de la comunidad, se tendrán en cuenta ante todo los diferentes tipos de organización existentes en las comunidades indígenas.
Artículo 20: "Son atribuciones del Congreso General Kuna;...18) Velar y tomar medidas conducentes a la salud de la población, solicitando a las Autoridades Nacionales competentes para la instalación y equipamento del Centro de Salud y el Hospital en la Comarca”.
Artículo 63: "Los médicos, las enfermeras, las auxiliares y otros funcionarios que laboren en dichos establecimientos de salud, procuran observar las normas consuetudinarias vigentes, tratando lo posible la compatibilización con las prácticas de etnomedicina, que sirven como medio para reabilitar la salud e la población”.

References: Artículo 84

Resolución 

Artículo 4

Artículo 12

Artículo 20

Artículo 63