Corruption in the Health Sector

Abstract

Corruption is increasing at the world level affecting the right to health. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the challenges and opportunities of States in the fight against corruption in the Health Sector. Using a qualitative and descriptive approach with a documentary research design this project evaluated 100 documents in databases such as Scopus, Scholar, and Pubmed. The study found that States should undertake a radical transformation of the monitoring process in the health sector by adopting new digital technologies, data mining, and artificial intelligence. Governments must adopt new measures of supervision by improving technology in order to reduce the high levels of corruption and guarantee the Right to Health

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Rodolfo Gutiérrez
Professor, Law, Cooperative University of Colombia, Colombia

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2021 Special Focus—Advancing Health and Equity: Best Practices in an International Perspective

KEYWORDS

Corruption, Right to Health, Colombia, Data mining, Artificial Intelligence

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