Article 24
1. States Parties recognize
the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard
of health and to facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation
of health. States Parties shall strive to ensure that no child is deprived
of his or her right of access to such health care services.
2. States Parties shall
pursue full implementation of this right and, in particular, shall take
appropriate measures:
(a) To diminish infant and
child mortality;
(b) To ensure the provision
of necessary medical assistance and health care to all children with emphasis
on the development of primary health care;
(c) To combat disease and
malnutrition including within the framework of primary health care, through
inter alia the application of readily available technology and through
the provision of adequate nutritious foods and clean drinking water, taking
into consideration the dangers and risks of environmental pollution;
(d) To ensure appropriate
pre-natal and post-natal health care for mothers;
(e) To ensure that all segments
of society, in particular parents and children, are informed, have access
to education and are supported in the use of basic knowledge of child health
and nutrition, the advantages of breast-feeding, hygiene and environmental
sanitation and the prevention of accidents;
(f) To develop preventive
health care, guidance for parents and family planning education and services.
3. States Parties shall
take all effective and appropriate measures with a view to abolishing traditional
practises prejudicial to the health of children.
4. States Parties undertake
to promote and encourage international cooperation with a view to achieving
progressively the full realization of the right recognized in the present
article. In this regard, particular account shall be taken of the needs
of developing countries.
Statistics
Infant
and child mortality
Immunisation
rates
Malnutrition
Indicators/Checklists
Legislation
Documents
CHILD
DEVELOPMENT IN UNICEF PROGRAMMING 15 September 1998
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This
document sets out a conceptual framework for UNICEF's work in child development.
Early
Childhood Care for Development
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A
training resource of information sheets to accompany the Parent
Education
Video Series.
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