University of Tehran Iranian Journal of Public Policy 2538-5577 10 4 2024 12 21 Social Citizenship and the Right to Health: An Introduction to the Effects of Adjustment and Privatization Policies on the Health Sector in the Islamic Republic of Iran Social Citizenship and the Right to Health: An Introduction to the Effects of Adjustment and Privatization Policies on the Health Sector in the Islamic Republic of Iran 127 140 99830 10.22059/jppolicy.2024.99830 FA Mehdi Davoudi Assistant Professor of Public Policy Making, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-5242-0782 Journal Article 2024 12 20 The right to health is one of the components of social citizenship, which in itself requires positive government intervention. Because the realization of this type of right is a government commitment and therefore, the economic and social components of society are directly related to the health index. While explaining the economic adjustment policy and examining the health policies in the country, this article has examined the country's health policy-making process with regard to such an approach. The results show that the implementation of the privatization policy and the reduction of costs of public and social services, including health services, compared to other countries, has led to many harms to citizens And the privatization of public goods such as health, in addition to harming citizenship rights and the failure to realize social citizenship, has also had adverse consequences. The right to health is one of the components of social citizenship, which in itself requires positive government intervention. Because the realization of this type of right is a government commitment and therefore, the economic and social components of society are directly related to the health index. While explaining the economic adjustment policy and examining the health policies in the country, this article has examined the country's health policy-making process with regard to such an approach. The results show that the implementation of the privatization policy and the reduction of costs of public and social services, including health services, compared to other countries, has led to many harms to citizens And the privatization of public goods such as health, in addition to harming citizenship rights and the failure to realize social citizenship, has also had adverse consequences. https://jppolicy.ut.ac.ir/article_99830_8d9caf5976bcf9014f3611c5ebe4cf12.pdf