Journal article
Why the Convention on the Rights of the Child must become a guiding framework for the realization of the rights of children affected by tuberculosis.
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Background
Until recently, paediatric tuberculosis (TB) has been relatively neglected by the broader TB and the maternal and child health communities. Human rights-based approaches to children affected by TB could be powerful; however, awareness and application of such strategies is not widespread.
Discussion
We summarize the current challenges faced by children affected by TB, including: consideration of their family context; the limitations of preventive, diagnostic and treatment options; paucity of paediatric-specific research; failure in implementation of interventions; and stigma. We examine the articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and relate them to childhood TB. Specifically, we focus on the five core principles of the CRC: children’s inherent right to life and States’ duties towards their survival and development; children’s right to enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health; non-discrimination; best interests of the child; and respect for the views of the child. We highlight where children’s rights are violated and how a human rights-based approach should be used as a tool to help children affected by TB, particularly in light of the Sustainable Development Goals and their focus on universality and leaving no one behind.
Summary
The article aims to bridge the gap between those providing paediatric TB clinical care and conducting research, and those working in the fields of human rights policy and advocacy to promote a human rights-based approach for children affected by TB based upon the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1186/s12914-016-0105-z
Authors
- Funding agency for:
- Basu Roy, R
- Grant:
- MR/K023446/1
- MR/K011944/1
- Funding agency for:
- Basu Roy, R
- Grant:
- MR/K023446/1
- Publisher:
- BioMed Central
- Journal:
- BMC International Health and Human Rights More from this journal
- Volume:
- 16
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 32
- Publication date:
- 2016-12-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-11-16
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1472-698X
- Language:
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English
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pubs:671257
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pubs:671257
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671257
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2017-05-24
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- Copyright holder:
- Basu Roy et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- © The Author(s). 2016 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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