Children’s right to receive care
Updated: 30 September 2022
Manuela Leporesi
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Children have the right:
- To expect all adults to do what is best for them
- Adults should act in the best interests of children
- Adults should think about how decisions can have an impact on children
- Children have the right to know and live with parent(s) who care for them unless it is bad for them to do so
- In some cases, children might live with members of the extended family or community, or legal guardians
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All →Priority indicators to monitor the impact of heat exposure on maternal, newborn and child health
Early essential newborn care: fourth progress report, 2022-2023
Ensuring competency for providers of breastfeeding support and care
Strengthening capacity for newborn screening, diagnosis and management of birth defects: WHO technical consultation on planning and implementing services integrated into national health systems in low- and middle-income countries
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All →Report of the 12th meeting of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition 18–19 November 2025
Kangaroo mother care: a clinical practice guide
The WHO PROPS Trial (PRObiotics in Preterm and Small for gestational age infants)
Integration across the life course
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