A/HRC/19/73 sanitation which is safe, hygienic, secure, socially and culturally acceptable, provides privacy and ensures dignity. 6. Every child, including a child at risk/affected by malnutrition and noma, has the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health. The health of the mother is vital in preventing malnutrition in children and hence preventing noma. Therefore particular attention must be given to the health and nutrition of women, in particular during the preand post-natal period. 7. A mentally or physically disabled child, including as a result of malnutrition and/or noma, has the right to enjoy a full and decent life, in conditions, which ensure dignity, promote self-reliance and facilitate the child's active participation in the community. 8. Every child, including a child at risk/affected by malnutrition and noma, has the right to adequate housing. States shall respect, protect and fulfil the right to housing by ensuring access to secure, affordable, sanitary, culturally adequate shelter and characterized by availability of services, materials, facilities and infrastructure essential for health, nutrition and comfort. 9. Every child, including a child at risk/affected by malnutrition and noma, has the right to education. States shall respect, protect and fulfil the right of children to education, which is available, accessible, acceptable and adaptable. 10. Every child, including a child at risk/affected by malnutrition and noma, and her/his parents have the right to seek, receive and impart information. B. Equality and non-discrimination 11. Every child, including a child at risk/affected by malnutrition and noma, and her/his parents have the right to exercise their rights and freedoms without de jure or de facto discrimination of any kind as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, disability or other status. The prohibition on discrimination gives rise to both positive and negative obligations of States. In particular, States shall ensure that a child or an adult with sequelae is not discriminated against based on her/him being affected by noma. C. International cooperation and assistance 12. States have undertaken to cooperate internationally and to promote and encourage international assistance with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of economic, social and cultural rights and the rights of the child. This commitment is equally to be upheld for the full realization of the rights of children at risk or affected by malnutrition or noma. II. Guidelines 13. Acknowledging that the worsening of the world food crisis, which seriously undermines the realization of the right to food for all, including mothers and children, and threatens to further undermine the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, States shall urgently take all necessarily measures to diminish child morbidity and mortality ensuing from the intersection of malnutrition and childhood diseases, which threaten the development and survival of the child. To this end: 23