reclassification, employment and social integration of persons suffering from a physical,
sensorial or mental impairment obligatory. This obligation has a national character.
Sections 6 and 7 of the ordinance provide for the care of these children by specialized
institutions set up for that purpose, once their handicap is detected during examinations
conducted in maternal and infant health centres.
These children are integrated in the national education system.
This ordinance was reinforced by its implementing decree No. 96-364/PRN/MDS/P/PF of
15 August 1996.
As part of the promotion of handicapped persons, a national technical committee and
divisional committees were created.
The CRC, under its article 23, guarantees and protects the rights of handicapped children.
b2. Limitations
Socio-cultural factors obstruct the enforcement of these rights. The State has insufficient
financial and human resources and there are very few infrastructure designed to respond
to each category of disability. Those who had the opportunity to study find it difficult to find
a job.
b3. Achievements
The State has set up infrastructure for the education and training of these handicapped
children at Zinder, Niamey and Maradi. However, these remain insufficient.
There are NGOs and associations that contribute to sensitization and the creation of
specialized institutions ensuring the care and professional training of these children.
The implementing decree of Law No. 93-012 of 2 March 1993 makes the following
compulsory:
ante natal and post natal consultations;
delivery in a medical centre;
medical follow-up of children;
vaccinations against endemic and incapacitating diseases;
prevention and sensitization on the harmful consequences of these diseases.
c) Health and health services (article 14)
c1. Administrative, legislative and judicial measures
Article 11 of the Constitution guarantees the right to health.
The CRC, in its article 24, recognizes the right to health and to benefit from medical
services. The same article stipulates that the State must do all it takes to ensure the full
enjoyment of this right.
The Ministry of Public Health is responsible for the enforcement and implementation of
international instruments ratified by the State.
c2. Limitations
Economic, institutional and cultural factors are real obstacles to the enjoyment and
implementation of this right.
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