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child has effective access to and receives education, training, health care services, rehabilitation services,
preparation for employment and recreation opportunities in a manner conducive to the child's achieving the

fullest possible social integration and individual development, including his or her cultural and spiritual
development.

4. States Parties shall promote, in the spirit of international co-operation, the exchange of appropriate
information in the field of preventive health care and of medical, psychological and functional treatment of

disabled children, including dissemination of and access to information concerning methods of rehabilitation,
education and vocational services, with the aim of enabling States Parties to improve their capabilities and skills
and to widen their experience in these areas. In this regard, particular account shall be taken of the needs of

developing countries.

Article 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, iner 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.