Child rights project

“Directed to promote, protect, and fulfill children´s rights in health facilities according to the UN Convention on the rights of the child (UNCRC)”

The child rights project is one of four projects being run by a partnership between Region Stockholm, Jinja City, Uganda, the Ugandan NGO Busoga Health Forum and PHI. The partnership is being funded by the International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD) until 2025. The project's main aim is for all children admitted to hospitals and health clinics in the collaborating hospitals to be welcomed by a health care service approach that is normatively based on a standard of children’s rights, and is operationally directed to promote, protect, and fulfil children´s rights.

The project involves child life specialists and works with basic education given to health workers in the rights of children and a rights-based approach to health care. Selected candidates undergo a specialist education to become "Child rights ambassadors", to engage locally in the consideration of child rights within the facilities. Planned activities include sensitization of parents/guardians and community on the rights of children, and production of teaching materials to ensure children´s right to information and participation in the health care given to them.