1. Ukrainian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Priority # 1 «Protection of Children's Rights» National Event for the CoE Member States «Providing the Right of Children for Health» Kyiv, Ukraine 1 2 th, of October, 2011

2. Event Goals review the council of europe countries activities aimed at achieving MDGs 4 and 5 identify health systems factors and practices improving protection of children`s rights for health, as integrative reaching MDGs 4 and 5 identify actions to optimize the synergy effect between the MDGs 3, 4, 5, and other health-related MDGs respectful of children`s rights agree on concrete steps at the regional, subregional and national levels to advance the work of children's rights for health, as an integral of reaching MDGs 3, 4 and 5

3. Main Objective Making Difference in CoE Member States through: increasing access to family planning and improving quality of sexual and reproductive health strengthening immunization goals in the decade of vaccines increasing equity in access to quality care during pregnancy, childbirth, newborn and childhood

4. Objectives Reflecting the Process building up national capacities learning from COE member states experience sharing in the new progressive tools strengthening national networks

5. Key Sessions Topics review of global and regional situation in protection of the children`s rights on health key presentation: linkages among MDGs national best practices presentations «Lessons learned, positive experience and problems in practicing children`s rights for health, as of main integral reaching MDGs 4 and 5»

6. Sessions Format Plenary Group discussions Parallel working group sessions Conclusions

7. Participants Target Group Health care middle echelon civil servants at national and sub-national levels, middle level health managers of CoE member states administrative territories Invited guest speakers International organizations reps (CoE, WHO,UNICEF, Red Cross, bilateral donors) VII Ukrainian Pediatricians Congress participants

8. MDGs 3, 4 and 5: key linkages MDG 4 Child Health MDG 5 Maternal Health Adolescent health MDG 3 Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Reproductive Health MDG 6 HIV/AIDS MDG 1 and 2 Socio-economic Status and Education

9. Providing healthy and responsible sexual and reproductive lives for all men and women Providing safe pregnancy, childbirth and the well-being of the mothers and their newborns Providing survival, optimal growth and development of infants and young children Providing healthy adolescents who have healthy behaviours and are well-prepared for a healthy adulthood Providing protection of persons at risk against vaccine-preventable diseases Providing gender equality and health equity for men and women over the life course What is the Ministry of Health of Ukraine presently running to provide chilren their rights on health?

10. Improvement of high quality paediatric care in hospitals, integrated management of childhood illness in primary level health facilities (including ICATT) and care for early child development Providing high standards for adolescent care and adolescent friendly health services and mainstreaming aspects of human rights in the assessment tools for adolescent health programming Maternal mortality cases audits and improving quality of care in pregnancy and childbirth What is the Ministry of Health of Ukraine presently running to provide chilren their rights for health?

11. Ukrainian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe: “Priority # 1 “Protection of Children`s Rights” (May-November 2011) Implementing President of Ukraine program "New Life - New Quality of Maternal and Children`s Health (2011-2013) Implementing WHO program: "Audit of Maternal Mortality: What's behind the Numbers?“(March-April 2011) Workshop on ICATT strategy implementation in Ukraine (June 2011) Sociological studies of adolescent health(March-June 2011) 9 th European Ministerial Conference on Health on "Caring for a Child's Health: Building a Healthy Future for Children and with Children" (29-30 September, 2011 Lisbon) What is the Ministry of Health of Ukraine presently running to assess implementation of the children`s rights for health

12. CONCLUSIONS Provide specific commitments and actions of all CoE member states to fully protect children`s rights to be healthy as an integral in achieving MDGs 4 and 5 Strengthen inter-ministerial, inter-country cooperation to fully meet children`s rights to be healthy as an integral in achieving MDGs 4 and 5

13. WELCOME TO KYIV! Mikhailovskiy Cathedral, Kyiv