'Sun protection programmes are urgently needed to raise awareness of the health hazards of UV radiation, and to achieve changes in lifestyle that will arrest the trend towards more and more skin cancers. Beyond the health benefits, effective education programmes can strengthen national economies by reducing the financial burden to health care systems caused by skin cancer and cataract treatments. Children are in a dynamic state of growth, and are therefore more susceptible to environmental threats than adults. Many vital functions such as the immune system are not fully developed at birth, and unsafe environments may interfere with their normal development.'

Excerpt from World Health Organisation website.

'Children are in a dynamic state of growth and are more susceptible to environmental threats than adults as: sun exposure during childhood and adolescence appears to set the stage for the development of both melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers in later life a significant part of a person’s lifetime exposure occurs before age 18, and children have more time to develop diseases with long latency, more years of life to be lost and more suffering to be endured as a result of impaired health. Children require special protection. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child states that children, including all developmental stages from conception to age 18, have the right to enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and to a safe environment.'

Excerpt from World Health Organisation website.

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