53. The Committee recommends that States parties introduce and strengthen prenatal care for children and ensure adequate quality of the assistance given during the delivery. It also recommends that States parties provide adequate post-natal health-care services and develop campaigns to inform parents and others caring for the child about basic child healthcare and nutrition. In this regard, the Committee also recommends that the States partiescontinue to cooperate and seek technical assistance with, among others, WHO and UNICEF.
Year | 2007 |
Topic | Food policy Other Health-related issues |
Document Type | General Recommendations |
Country | N/A |
Policy Area | Nutritional surveillance Education and information Breastfeeding |
Human Rights Comiteee | CRC |
Human Rights | Right to health Right to information Right to adequate food and nutrition |
Groups Affected | Children and adolescents |
Committee on the Rights of the Child, GENERAL COMMENT No. 9 - The rights of children with disabilities, CRC/C/GC/9, (2007). Par. 53. Available at: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRC%2fC%2fGC%2f9&Lang=en