Nations Must Improve Adolescents’ Access To Health Care, Safeguard Rights, U.N. Expert Says

U.N. News Centre: States must do more to safeguard adolescent health rights — U.N. expert
“A United Nations human rights expert[, Dainius Puras, U.N. special rapporteur on the right to health, on Wednesday] called on states to remove all legal barriers to access health facilities, goods, and services interfering with the rights of adolescents to be heard and taken seriously, and that limit their right to make autonomous decisions…” (6/15).

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