Right to health
What is the CRC?
The child is entitled to the best possible health and medical facilities. The government ensures that no child is denied access to these services. Extra attention is given to the reduction of infant and child mortality, health care, adequate food and clean drinking water, care for mothers before and after childbirth and for information on health, nutrition, breastfeeding and hygiene. The government ensures that traditional habits that are harmful to the health of children be abolished.
What is the CRC?
The child is entitled to the best possible health and medical facilities. The government ensures that no child is denied access to these services. Extra attention is given to the reduction of infant and child mortality, health care, adequate food and clean drinking water, care for mothers before and after childbirth and for information on health, nutrition, breastfeeding and hygiene. The government ensures that traditional habits that are harmful to the health of children be abolished.
Explanation of this child right
Entitled to assistance if you are sick
If you are ill, or you have experienced something bad, so you're confused, you are entitled to support. Your parents or guardians must ensure that you get that help. The government should make sure that there are plenty of good doctors and hospitals. In the Netherlands, that is quite well organized. Unfortunately, there are millions of children in developing countries die from diseases that could have been prevented if the children had been vaccinated. Richer countries like the Netherlands should help sort the CRC for children to be anywhere in the world not to needlessly die or get sick.
When you decide it about medical treatment?
Because your parents are responsible for you, they decide what is good for your health. From twelve years you have the right to participate in decisions about your medical treatment. That can be tough. For example, a fifteen-year-old pregnant girl who wants an abortion or for a terminally ill child of thirteen years that is to stop the dark life-sustaining treatment. It is not only the right to physical health as well as psychological help.
Protection from harmful traditional practices
In some African countries, it is a tradition to circumcise girls. There are several forms, but the most severe form is that a part of the vagina is cut and sewn up until a small hole remains to urinate through it. It does quite a pain for the girls because it is done without anesthesia and is often ignited. Some girls go even to death. According to the CRC, governments must do everything to stop this harmful tradition.
'Illegal' children get less health care
In the Netherlands (and also in other countries) have kids who are illegal not have the same health care as on illegal 'children. Special rules apply because they have no health insurance. Officially, they are entitled to the same healthcare. But through all the complicated rules often fail to get proper care. According to the CRC have ALL children are entitled to good health and health care! Netherlands should there also to keep!
Where can you go to the Netherlands?
Childline If you are critically ill or someone you know well, you can always talk to someone from the children's helpline. Often it helps to talk about it.
Public Health and Safety: Public Health and Safety checks the health and development of children over five years.
No Game: No Game is a youth Pharos giving schools information on FGM.
Pharos: Pharos helps refugee children to find their way in Dutch health care.
The following organizations operate worldwide, including in the Netherlands
The defence for Children: Defence for Children urges the government to ensure that children do not have to wait for the appropriate care and that 'illegal' children also have full access to health care.
Oxfam: Oxfam helps people who are living in poverty access to health services, drinking water, and sanitation.
Plan Netherlands: Plan provides essential services such as clean drinking water and healthcare to children in need. The plan works to lasting improvements in the lives of children and their families in 48 developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Save the Children: Save the Children will ensure that children who are victims of natural disasters, famine or war shelter, food, get clean water and health care.
Terre des Hommes: Terre des Hommes will fly to the most remote places to provide children with health care.
UNICEF: UNICEF is fighting life-threatening diseases such as AIDS and malaria and vaccinate hundreds of millions of children.
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