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III.
Measures for implementation
Health system strengthening
44.
Recognizes that the effective and financially sustainable implementation of
universal health coverage is based on a resilient and responsive health system that provides
comprehensive primary health-care services, with extensive geographical coverage,
including in remote and rural areas, and with special emphasis on access to populations
most in need, and has an adequate skilled, well-trained and motivated workforce, as well as
capacities for broad public health measures, health protection and addressing determinants
of health through policies across sectors, including promoting the health literacy of the
population;
45.
Acknowledges that universal health coverage implies that all children have
access, without discrimination, to nationally determined sets of the needed promotive,
preventive, curative and rehabilitative basic health services and essential, safe, affordable,
effective and quality medicines, while ensuring that the use of these services does not
expose the users to financial hardship, with special emphasis on the poor, vulnerable and
marginalized segments of the population;
46.
Recognizes the responsibility of Governments to urgently and significantly
scale up efforts to accelerate the transition towards universal access to affordable and
quality health-care services;
47.
Also recognizes the need to regularly collect, analyse and share disaggregated
data on children’s health at the subnational, national, regional and global levels;
Accountability
48.
Encourages States to strengthen and harmonize monitoring systems in order
to report regularly on the implementation of the right of the child to the enjoyment of the
highest attainable standard of health in their periodic reports to human rights treaty bodies,
including the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, and in the context of their review under the universal periodic
review mechanism of the Human Rights Council;
49.
Urges States to consider implementing the recommendations made by the
Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health to
improve the accountability of results and resources, including by strengthening the
accountability mechanisms for health in their own countries; strengthening their capacity to
monitor, including utilizing local evidence, and evaluate progress to improve their own
performance; and contributing to the strengthening and harmonization of existing
international mechanisms to track progress on all commitments made;
50.
Encourages the implementation of rights-based budget monitoring and
analysis for expenditure on children in general, especially child health, as well as child
impact assessments on how investments, particularly in the health sector, may serve the
best interests of the child;
51.
Recommends that consideration be given to including universal health
coverage in the discussions on the post-2015 development agenda in the context of the
global health challenge, and stresses the need for better coordination among accountability
and monitoring mechanisms for the realization of the right of the child to the highest
attainable standard of health;
52.
Encourages States to work towards the development, strengthening,
implementation and promotion, as appropriate, of effective legislation or regulatory
mechanisms to mitigate the potential adverse impact of business activities on children,
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