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his or her cultural and spiritual development
     4. States Parties shall promote, in the spirit of international cooperation, the exchange of appropriate information in the field of preventive health care and of medical, psychological and functional treatment of disabled children, including dissemination of and access to information concerning methods of rehabilitation, education and vocational services, with the aim of enabling States Parties to improve their capabilities and skills and to widen their experience in these areas. In this regard, particular account shall be taken of the needs of developing countries.

Article 24

     1. States Parties recognize the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health. States Parties shall strive to ensure that no child is deprived of his or her right of access to such health care services.
     2. States Parties shall pursue full implementation of this right and, in particular, shall take appropriate measures:

         (a)   To diminish infant and child mortality;
         (b)   To ensure the provision of necessary medical assistance and health care to all children with emphasis on the development of primary health care;
         (c)   To combat disease and malnutrition, including within the framework of primary health care, through, inter alia, the application of readily available technology and through the provision of adequate nutritious foods and clean drinking-water, taking into consideration the dangers and risks of environmental pollution;
         (d)   To ensure appropriate pre-natal and post-natal health care for mothers;
         (e)   To ensure that all segments of society, in particular parents and children, are informed, have access to education and are supported in the use of basic knowledge of child health and nutrition, the advantages of breastfeeding, hygiene and environmental sanitation and the prevention of accidents;
         (f)    To develop preventive health care, guidance for parents and family planning education and services.

    3.      States Parties shall take all effective and appropriate measures with a view to abolishing traditional practices prejudicial to the health of children.
    4.      States Parties undertake to promote and encourage international co-operation with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of the right recognized in the present article. In this regard, particular account shall be taken of the needs of developing countries.

Article 25

States Parties recognize the right of a child who has been placed by the competent authorities for the purposes of care, protection or treatment of his or her physical or mental health, to a periodic review of the treatment provided to the child and all other circumstances relevant to his or her placement.

Article 26

     1. States Parties shall recognize for every child the right to benefit from social security, including social insurance, and