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 practices prejudicial to the health of
children.
4. States Parties undertake to promote and encourage international
co-operation 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.