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HEALTH
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Article 24
The right to know about child health
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"Aids is a very serious threat to us"
Sabimana, age unknown, Burundi
Sabimana is an orphan from Burundi, a central African country which, until recently, has been afflicted by prolonged civil war. Her parents died of Aids. She wants parents to discuss the threat of this disease with their children.
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Article 6
A right to life
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"My shirt had a hole in it and was bloodstained"
Rabie, 17, Palestinian
Rabie is a Palestinian who lives in the Qalandia Refugee Camp in the West Bank. He was born under Israeli occupation and, like other fellow Palestinians, has suffered from years of blockades and poor living conditions, as well as an attack on his life.
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Article 24
Access to health care
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"My wish is that doctors build me a leg which looks natural"
Ganimete, 10, Albania
Ganimete is Albanian. She was very badly injured during fighting in the town of Mitrovica and had to have one leg amputated. Now, she has an artificial leg and gets on with it very well.
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Article 24
The right to proper healthcare
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"At five in the afternoon, they call us to take our medicine"
Marina, 13, Romania
Marina, from Romania, became infected with HIV when she was only three years old. She is now 13 and lives in Bucharest at a hospital for infectious diseases.
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