A/HRC/29/33 I. Introduction 1. The present report is the first submitted to the Council by the newly appointed Special Rapporteur, Dainius Pūras, and is the twenty-fourth thematic report submitted by the mandate holder on the enjoyment of the right to health since the establishment of the mandate in 2003. The report is submitted pursuant to Council resolution 24/6. 2. The Special Rapporteur provides a brief account of his activities since his appointment, including communications, country visits and cooperation with the United Nations system and other key stakeholders. 3. The Special Rapporteur provides an overview of the work of the mandate since 2003, focusing on the right to health framework, and the development of the contours and content of the right to health. He then reflects on how he sees the way forward, based on the current context, challenges and opportunities for the full realization of the right to health. He lays out the main themes as priorities for the coming years. In the final chapter, the Special Rapporteur provides his conclusions and observations. II. Activities during the reporting period A. Communications transmitted to States 4. During the reporting period, between 1 March 2014 and 28 February 2015, the Special Rapporteurs sent 72 communications to 39 States. At the time of writing, 36 responses had been received, indicating a 52 per cent response rate. B. Country visits 5. During the reporting period, the Special Rapporteur visited Malaysia from 19 November to 2 December 2014. He would like to thank the Government for extending this invitation and facilitating the visit. A separate report on this visit has been submitted as addenda 1 to the present report (A/HRC/29/33/Add.1). Comments by the Government thereon have been submitted (A/HRC/29/33/Add.2). 6. The Special Rapporteur would like to thank the Government of Algeria for having extended an invitation to conduct a country visit, and hopes this visit will take place in the coming months. C. Cooperation with the United Nations system and intergovernmental organizations 7. The Special Rapporteur participated in sessions, meetings and events linked to the discharge of his mandate, including the induction course for new mandate holders (3– 5 September 2014); the 21st Annual Meeting of Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council (29 September–3 October 2014); and the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly (27–30 October 2014). 8. In addition, on 18 September 2014, the Special Rapporteur participated as panellist in the high-level launch of the technical guidance on the application of a human rightsbased approach to reduce and eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, which took place in Geneva. 3