This #WorldChildrensDay we celebrate 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Every child deserves a long and healthy life and that includes a right to:
👶Be safe
👶Play
👶Clean Air
👶Vaccines
👶Education
👶Health
It's time for #HealthForAll children 🌍🌏🌎!
Every child deserves a long and healthy life and that includes a right to:
👶Be safe
👶Play
👶Clean Air
👶Vaccines
👶Education
👶Health
It's time for #HealthForAll children 🌍🌏🌎!
Every child has the right to be safe!
Experiencing violence in childhood impacts lifelong health and well-being. It is estimated that up to 1 BILLION 👧👦 have experienced physical, sexual or emotional violence or neglect in the past year.
We must #EndViolence! #WorldChildrensDay
Experiencing violence in childhood impacts lifelong health and well-being. It is estimated that up to 1 BILLION 👧👦 have experienced physical, sexual or emotional violence or neglect in the past year.
We must #EndViolence! #WorldChildrensDay
@WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho @DrTedros @UNICEF @unicefchief @UN Every child has the right to play!
Less 📱 screen time, more play ⚽ & recreation time 🚲 helps children to grow up healthy!
Help your child to #BeActive and healthy!
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#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay
Less 📱 screen time, more play ⚽ & recreation time 🚲 helps children to grow up healthy!
Help your child to #BeActive and healthy!
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#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay
@WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho @DrTedros @UNICEF @unicefchief @UN Every child has the right to clean air!
9 in 10 children in the 🌍🌏🌎 breathe toxic air every day
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WHO estimates that in 2016, 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by #airpollution!
9 in 10 children in the 🌍🌏🌎 breathe toxic air every day
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WHO estimates that in 2016, 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by #airpollution!
@WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho @DrTedros @UNICEF @unicefchief @UN Every child has the right to #vaccines!
#VaccinesWork & keep 👧👦 safe from:
Cervical cancer
Cholera
Diphtheria
Hep B
Flu
Jap. encephalitis
Measles
Meningitis
Mumps
Pertussis
Pneumonia
Polio
Rabies
Rotavirus
Rubella
Tetanus
Typhoid
Varicella
Yellow Fever
#VaccinesWork & keep 👧👦 safe from:
Cervical cancer
Cholera
Diphtheria
Hep B
Flu
Jap. encephalitis
Measles
Meningitis
Mumps
Pertussis
Pneumonia
Polio
Rabies
Rotavirus
Rubella
Tetanus
Typhoid
Varicella
Yellow Fever
@WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho @DrTedros @UNICEF @unicefchief @UN Every child has the right to #vaccines!
Yesterday, countries & partners announced commitments to vaccinate 450 million children against #polio each year. By reaching every child we can #EndPolio for all future generations
#WorldChildrensDay
Yesterday, countries & partners announced commitments to vaccinate 450 million children against #polio each year. By reaching every child we can #EndPolio for all future generations
#WorldChildrensDay
@WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho @DrTedros @UNICEF @unicefchief @UN Every child has the right to #vaccines!
To prevent #measles, WHO strongly recommends that every child receives two doses of measles vaccine.
Measles elimination will only be reached if measles vaccines reach every child, everywhere!
#WorldChildrensDay
To prevent #measles, WHO strongly recommends that every child receives two doses of measles vaccine.
Measles elimination will only be reached if measles vaccines reach every child, everywhere!
#WorldChildrensDay
@WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho @DrTedros @UNICEF @unicefchief @UN Every child has the right to education!
Education at 🏡 & 🏫 is critical in teaching young people how to make informed decisions. Well-designed & delivered sex education programmes promote positive behaviours & can reduce unwanted pregnancies & sexually transmitted infections.
Education at 🏡 & 🏫 is critical in teaching young people how to make informed decisions. Well-designed & delivered sex education programmes promote positive behaviours & can reduce unwanted pregnancies & sexually transmitted infections.
@WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho @DrTedros @UNICEF @unicefchief @UN Every child has the right to education!
Sexuality education is much more than talking to young people about sex and condoms, it aims to prepare them for a healthy, consensual and a pleasurable sexual and reproductive life.
#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay
Sexuality education is much more than talking to young people about sex and condoms, it aims to prepare them for a healthy, consensual and a pleasurable sexual and reproductive life.
#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay
Every child has the right to be a child!
Each year, 12 MILLION girls are 💍 before the age of 18, at cost to their:
⚕Health
👩🎓Education
👨👩👧Safety
🏫Opportunity
Let kids be kids. #EndChildMarriage
#WorldChildrensDay
Each year, 12 MILLION girls are 💍 before the age of 18, at cost to their:
⚕Health
👩🎓Education
👨👩👧Safety
🏫Opportunity
Let kids be kids. #EndChildMarriage
#WorldChildrensDay
Every child has the right to be free from harmful practices!
Female Genital Mutilation has NO health benefits for girls. Its immediate complications can include:
Severe pain
Excessive bleeding
Problems urinating
Infections
Shock
Death
We must #EndFGM!
#WorldChildrensDay
Female Genital Mutilation has NO health benefits for girls. Its immediate complications can include:
Severe pain
Excessive bleeding
Problems urinating
Infections
Shock
Death
We must #EndFGM!
#WorldChildrensDay
Every child has the right to be free from harmful practices!
“Virginity testing” has no scientific or clinical basis. It is:
♦️medically unnecessary
♦️often painful
♦️humiliating and traumatic
♦️a form of violence against girls
#VirginityTesting MUST END!🚫
#WorldChildrensDay
“Virginity testing” has no scientific or clinical basis. It is:
♦️medically unnecessary
♦️often painful
♦️humiliating and traumatic
♦️a form of violence against girls
#VirginityTesting MUST END!🚫
#WorldChildrensDay
Every child has the right to a healthy environment!
Environmental exposures start in the womb, and can have effects throughout life 🏭.
Every year, #AirPollution, secondhand smoke, unsafe water, lack of sanitation and poor hygiene kill 1.7 million children.
#WorldChildrensDay
Environmental exposures start in the womb, and can have effects throughout life 🏭.
Every year, #AirPollution, secondhand smoke, unsafe water, lack of sanitation and poor hygiene kill 1.7 million children.
#WorldChildrensDay
Every child has the right to a healthy environment!
Diarrhoea is the 2⃣nd leading cause of death in 👶👶under 5 years old.
Access to safe drinking-water and sanitation and hand washing with soap can reduce the risk of diarrhoea.
#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay
Diarrhoea is the 2⃣nd leading cause of death in 👶👶under 5 years old.
Access to safe drinking-water and sanitation and hand washing with soap can reduce the risk of diarrhoea.
#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay
Every child has the right to a healthy environment!
A child born today can hope to live into the next century.
We must tackle #ClimateChange NOW to ensure that these children can look forward to a healthy future!
#WorldChildrensDay
A child born today can hope to live into the next century.
We must tackle #ClimateChange NOW to ensure that these children can look forward to a healthy future!
#WorldChildrensDay
Every child has the right to healthy food!
Almost 1/2 of deaths among children <5 are linked to #malnutrition.
52 MILLION 👧👦 are wasted
17 MILLION 👧👦 are severely wasted
155 MILLION 👧👦 are stunted
41 MILLION 👧👦 are overweight/obese
#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay
Almost 1/2 of deaths among children <5 are linked to #malnutrition.
52 MILLION 👧👦 are wasted
17 MILLION 👧👦 are severely wasted
155 MILLION 👧👦 are stunted
41 MILLION 👧👦 are overweight/obese
#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay
Every child has the right to healthy food!
Good nutrition helps children to grow and gives them energy to learn and play.
#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay
Good nutrition helps children to grow and gives them energy to learn and play.
#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay
