Children have the right to health

The first Saturday in November was National Children’s Day in South Africa. The aim of the day is to highlight the progress that is being made in the promotion and realisation of children’s rights.

Children have the same right to be healthy as adults do. The World Health Organisation defines health as: "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity".

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