guidance and counseling to the children, the delegation is of the strongest view that the health facilities and the available human capacity are far from adequate. The dispensary and sick bay, which the delegation has visited at the Centre, are too small and ill-equipped to respond to the children’s health needs. The situation clearly leaves the children in a situation where their health is severely endangered which could eventually result in a significant number of deaths. The delegation is of the strongest view that the Government of Tanzania must be in compliance with its obligation under the African Children’s Charter and other international instruments where the right of the child to enjoy the best attainable state of physical, mental and spiritual health is prescribed. As noted by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Government should allocate budgets, to the maximum extent of available resources, by giving priority to children’s rights when it allocates the country’s resources.3 In this regard , the Government of Tanzania should take into account the best interests of the child, paying particular attention to marginalized and disadvantaged groups of children including children with albinism. Particularly, the Government must support and finance, to the maximum available resources, the production and provision of locally produced (or facilitate importation of) affordable, duty free sun protective gear and sunscreen lotions in collaboration with CSOs and other stakeholders. In fact the delegation was told that there are few hospitals designated by Government where people with albinism in general could get medical services such as chemotherapy and liquid nitrogen treatment for skin cancer. However, the Committee notes that the Government is still facing challenges in getting the children to those hospitals. In this regard, the delegation would like to make reference to the practice in Kenya. In 2011, the Parliament accepted the petition made by an NGO working on the rights of people with disabilities which requests the Government to make an allocation for sunscreen. The decision was implemented immediately and 100m Ksh was allocated that year. On registration and family tracing (article 6, 18, 19 and 25 of the Charter): The delegation was told that a large number of the children in Buhangija Centre arrived without birth registration documents. Though the delegation was informed that the Government officials collect and maintain all the data for children CRC Committee, General Comment No. 5 on General Measures of implementation of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, (2003), para. 51. 3 9