Y mae Erthygl 24 Cytundeb y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar Hawliau’r Plentyn yn ymwneud â hawl plentyn i gael y safon iechyd uchaf o fewn cyrraedd:

Mae gan blant yr hawl i ofal iechyd o ansawdd da ac i ddw ˆ r glân, bwyd maethlon ac amgylchedd glân iddyn nhw gadw’n iach. Dylai gwledydd cyfoethog helpu gwledydd tlotach i gyflawni hyn

* Y mae’r testun hwn yn dod o fersiwn gryno o’r Cytundeb yn unig. Nid yw testun llawn y Cytundeb wedi’i gyfieithu i’r Gymraeg. Fodd bynnag, y mae cyfieithiad Saesneg yr erthygl hon fel a ganlyn:

"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 breast-feeding, 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."

Gwaith Plant yng Nghymru yn gysylltiedig â’r Erthygl hon

Y mae gwybodaeth am y gwaith a wneir gan Plant yng Nghymru yn gysylltiedig â’r Erthygl hon ar gael yn Adran Iechyd Plant sy’n Derbyn Gofal y wefan hon

Y mae Adran Polisi’r wefan hon yn cynnwys gwybodaeth am ymgynghoriadau, dogfennau eraill a deddfwriaeth yn gysylltiedig â Iechyd. Fe ellir cael at yr wybodaeth hon o’r dudalen Polisi drwy ddewis Iechyd o’r ddewislen ar yr ochr dde a phori drwy’r gwahanol fathau o wybodaeth am bolisi.

Dolenni Cyswllt

Y mae’r Adran Cysylltiadau yn cynnwys dolenni cyswllt yn ymwneud â Iechyd. Ymwelwch â’r Adran Cysylltiadau a dewiswch Iechyd i gael golwg ar yr wybodaeth hon.