Download or read book Local Maladies, Global Remedies written by Lamprea-Montealegre, Everaldo and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This forward-looking book provides an in-depth analysis of the major transformations of the right to health in Latin America over the past decades, marked by the turn towards the pharmaceuticalisation of health care. Everaldo Lamprea-Montealegre investigates how health-based litigation has deepened inequalities in the global South, exploring the practices of key actors that are reclaiming the right to health in the region.