Updated: 30 September 2022
Manuela Leporesi
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Credits
Tips and information
• Everyone has the right to have opinions and express them
• People also have the right to obtain and share information and ideas through any media
• Everyone has the right to information and education on health
• Government should give education and information on health to all, including on sexual and reproductive health and rights for all
• Information and education on health should be relevant for people at any age
• People need to have easy access to health information as it helps them make decisions about their health and lives
• Everyone should be able to take part in decisions about their health
• People should also be able to take part in decisions related to information, such as how information is developed and used
• Some groups are not included in surveys on the population, such as people from minority ethnic groups or people who have a disability
• When people are not included they may miss out on essential health and social services or on information about health
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Question and Answers
All →Factsheets
Publications
All →Report of the tenth meeting of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, 12–14 Nov 2024
Strengthening legal and regulatory frameworks for maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response
Mental health of children and young people: service guidance
How school systems can improve health and well-being: topic brief: sexual and reproductive health
Reports
All →Frequently asked questions on sexual and gender diversity, health and human rights: an introduction to key concepts
Launch of the Child Health and Wellbeing Dashboard
Tackling inequalities in public service coverage to "build forward better" for the rural poor
Frontier dialogue consultations on addressing structural racial and ethnicity-based discrimination
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