The health sector has a direct link with child labour. Factories in developing countries are known to produce over 2,000 different types of surgical instruments including scissors, forceps, scalpels, needle holders, surgical knives, speculas, clamps, and retractors. Work that threatens children s access to education and upward social mobility contributes to the maintenance of poverty. Work that impairs the health, safety and socialisation of the child also has the same general effect. Research has demonstrated that poverty and child economic participation may be mutually reinforcing and hampers economic and social development.
Children differ biologically from adults as they are at different stages of growth and development.
They are often physically weaker, mentally more vulnerable and their immaturity often leaves them incapable of assessing occupational risks or the need for protective measures. International Labour Review. Stop Using Child Soldiers. The International Council of Nurses is a federation of more than 120 national nurses' associations representing the millions of nurses worldwide. Operated by nurses for nurses, ICN is the international voice of nursing and works to ensure quality care for all and sound health policies globally.