The article examines the specifics of the nature, content and regulation of the right to health in international and national law. Using the example of mainly European and post-Soviet countries, it is argued that the constitutions of countries generally take into account the provisions of universal and regional international legal acts. It is noted that in the constitutions of some countries, the right to health or the right to health protection is fixed separately, in others – together with other rights, duties and guarantees that are similar in meaning. The differentiation of the right to health into derivative rights and obligations in the field of health and medicine is carried out, in the context of the right to global security, the problems of protecting the right to health in emergency situations are considered. Special attention is paid to the specifics of the legal regulation of the right to health in the Russian Federation.
the right to health; the right to health protection; the right to medical care; international law; constitutions; national legisla tion; patients; especially vulnerable people; global security