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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Nurturing care and men’s engagement : thematic brief
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Strategic objectives for the development and implementation of maternal, newborn and child health quality of care programmes
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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)
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