52 Right to Health CHAPTER 5 5.1 The Commission has consistentiy taken the view that the right to a life with human dignity, enshrined in the Constitution, must result in the strengthening of measures to ensure that the people of this country, and particularly those belonging to economically disadvantaged sections of society, have access to better and more comprehensive health facilities. 5.2 It was to widen and deepen its own understanding of the issues involved and to promote the view that the right to an adequate level of health-care was essential to a life with dignity, that the Commission constituted a Core Advisory Group on Health, headed by its Chairperson and comprising Professor V Ramalingaswamy, Dr Shanti Ghosh, Dr Prema Ramachandran, Professor Pravin Visaria, Professor N. Kochupillai, Professor K. Srinath Reddy and Professor L. M. Nath. The Group was specifically requested to prepare a plan of action for systemic improvements in the health delivery systems of the country. 5.3 In keeping with its broad objective to give greater practical meaning to the right to health care, the Commission organised two major gatherings during the period under review. The first was a Workshop on Health and Human Rights, with special reference to Maternal Anaemia, which was held in New Delhi on 26-27 April 2000. The second was a National Conference on Human Rights and HIV/AIDS, jointly organised by the Commission with the National AIDS Control Organisation, Lawyers Collective, UNICEF and UNAIDS, which was held in New Delhi on 24-25 November 2000. 5.4 In both instances, the reports of the Workshop/Conference were subsequently NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION