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
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
Maternal mortality in fragile and conflict-affected situations: technical brief
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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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