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(f)
Engage all sectors of society in reducing child mortality and morbidity. This
should include:
(i)
The creation of conditions conducive to the continual growth, development
and sustainability of relevant civil society organizations;
(ii)
Active facilitation of civil society involvement in the development,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of children’s health policies and
services;
(iii) The provision of appropriate financial support, or assistance in obtaining
financial support, to relevant civil society organizations;
(iv) Capacity-building of rights-holders to enable them to understand their
entitlements in relation to child health and survival and engage productively with
service providers in securing those entitlements;
(g)
Clarify the roles and responsibilities of all duty-bearers with regard to child
health and survival;
(h)
Ensure that all sectors working to address child mortality and morbidity fulfil
their human rights-related responsibilities. This includes ensuring non-discrimination in
service delivery, transparency in budgeting, and functional mechanisms for accountability;
(i)
Identify and prioritize action to benefit children from marginalized groups
and children who are at risk of any form of violence or discrimination.
C.
Planning
49.
Guaranteeing the child’s rights to health and survival implies an obligation to have a
long-term national plan to address child mortality and morbidity based on evidence and the
promotion and protection of human rights. The first step in all planning processes should be
a situation analysis, not only to identify priority child health issues and their underlying
determinants but also to map existing plans, services and capacities for addressing them.
This should identify duty-bearers and include an assessment of their capacity to fulfil their
human rights-related obligations in this regard. Situation analysis data should be
disaggregated to enable groups of children who are marginalized and/or have particularly
poor health indicators to be identified.
50.
Based on the situation analysis and building on existing national and subnational
strategies and plans, a strategy or plan should be developed. Benchmarks and targets which
focus on child survival and development should be established to demonstrate the planned
progressive realization of child health-related rights.
51.
States are required to:
(a)
Ensure that the national plan is informed by appropriately disaggregated data
and incorporates attention to groups of children who are the most marginalized,
discriminated against and/or have the poorest health indicators. Where disaggregated data
are unavailable, plans should include an approach to their timely collection;
(b)
Involve a wide range of stakeholders in planning processes, including State
and non-State actors;
(c)
Include child health and survival in other sectoral policies, highlighting the
links between children’s health and survival and the underlying determinants of health;
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