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71.
With regard to health, States should:
(a) Add sunscreen to the list of essential drugs and ensure that quality
sunscreen and other sun protection products are made available and are
physically and financially accessible to persons with albinism and that such
products are of an acceptable quality;
(b) Ensure that persons with albinism can gain access to regular
screenings and treatment for skin and eye health conditions close to their
communities and that they are offered free of charge or at low cost;
(c) Conduct needs assessments with persons with albinism in order to
understand when and where they are at risk of skin damage from ultraviolet
radiation or heat in indoor or enclosed spaces and implement remedial protection
measures;
(d) Incorporate content that highlights the specific risks that climate
change poses to persons with albinism into health-care worker training, teacher
training curricula, climate education in schools and disability training for
employers;
(e) Develop climate change education programmes for persons with
albinism and their families to increase knowledge of self-protection practices and
build their capacity to participate in climate action;
(f) Ensure that all disaster preparedness, management and response
strategies take into account the specific needs of persons with albinism, including
protection from violence and discrimination in the aftermath of disaster
situations;
(g) Recognize and take steps to protect the health of particularly
vulnerable groups of persons with albinism, including women, children,
displaced persons and Indigenous populations, from climate-related impacts;
(h) Conduct research on the country-specific impacts of climate change
on persons with albinism, including to better understand how the mental health
of persons with albinism is being affected by climate change.
72.
With regard to other areas of life, States should:
(a) Review existing anti-discrimination laws and legal provisions on
occupational health and safety and, where necessary, enact measures to ensure
that employers comply with them;
(b) Ensure that social protection is provided or accessible to persons with
albinism to mitigate the disproportionate burden of the impacts of climate
change on them and their families;
(c) Review and clarify the referral pathways for teachers and school
leaders to use to support children with albinism who have experienced or are at
risk of the impacts of climate change;
(d) Conduct awareness-raising to inform the public of the causes of
climate change in order to combat beliefs that extreme weather events are related
to persons with albinism.
73.
With regard to climate action, States should:
(a) Support persons with albinism and their representative organizations
to participate in climate dialogue and policymaking;
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