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The Right to Health

Older women in sub-Saharan Africa are often dealing with a variety of health challenges. Due to poverty, many do not have the basic resources required for health, such as nutritious food, clean water and adequate housing. Many suffer from HIV/AIDS, TB, or malaria, as well as untreated chronic problems and diseases such as high blood pressure and arthritis. Often older women do not have access to required medicines and affordable, age-friendly health and social services. This is why GRAN campaigns for access to more generic drugs, fair pricing by pharmaceutical companies, and increased investment by Canada and the world to improve access, affordability and age-friendly health care.

GRAN Campaigns related to the Right to Health:

Child Hunger

GRAN believes that access to nourishing food is every child's human right. Children don't just need food. They have a right to it.

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Health Equity

Health is a fundamental human right.

Health equity exists when everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health. We work towards health equity when we identify and eliminate inequalities and increase access to opportunities and conditions that support good health for all. Health equity will be a reality only when all persons, no matter who they are or where they live, can attain their full potential for health and well-being.

Over time GRAN's efforts for global health equity have focused on:

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The Right to Food

A Fundamental Human Right

GRAN recognizes access to adequate food as an inherent human right. The right to food is not about charity, but about ensuring that all people have the capacity to feed themselves in dignity. For this right to be fully realized, food must be available, accessible, adequate, and sustainable.1

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Climate Justice and sub-Saharan Africa

The climate emergency disproportionately affects the disempowered and most marginalized across the world – the poor, the old, the very young, and women in particular. Protecting the vulnerable is a matter of justice.

Climate justice is a human-centred approach to responding to the challenges of climate change that embraces human rights, equity, and fairness.

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