The rights of the child 2015, para. 17

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Deeply concerned also that approximately 6 million children under the age of 5 die each year, mostly from preventable and treatable causes, owing to inadequate or lack of access to integrated and quality maternal, newborn and child health care and services, to early childbearing, as well as lack of access to health determinants, such as safe drinking water and sanitation, safe and adequate food and nutrition, including breastfeeding, and that mortality remains highest among children belonging to the poorest and most marginalized communities,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
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Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Infants
Year
2015
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The rights of the child (2015), A/RES/70/137, PP 17.
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PP
Paragraph number
17