Why are we demanding this?

The existence of large health inequities results in the basic needs of all people not being met, in a world with plenty of economic resources to guarantee those needs for all. Exposure to environmental risks are inequitably increasing due to air and water pollution, food contamination, epidemics, pandemics, and global warming. At the same time access to health services are skewed against those in greatest need. The right to healthy food, opportunity and self-actualization is often unmet by lack of lifelong education and space for self-fulfilment, creativity, and innovation. As a result, the burden of health inequity remains unacceptably high.