"In realizing the fulfillment of children's rights and protection, we must collaborate with various elements of society. The government cannot work alone. Hence, multi-stakeholder synergy is the key to solve it. Please continue to give the best and support our children wherever they are and under any circumstances," the minister noted in her statement received here, Tuesday.
Puspayoga also lauded the event of the empathy movement for children with cancer titled "Hairs for Share" in West Denpasar, Bali. She is optimistic that this activity would further increase public awareness and empathy for children fighting cancer.
In addition, she affirmed that the state guarantees the fulfillment of rights and protection for all Indonesian children, including those fighting cancer.
"The state's commitment to guaranteeing these efforts is shown in the preamble to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and the body of Article 28B, paragraph (2) which states that every child has the right to survive, grow, and develop and is entitled to protection from violence and discrimination," she pointed out.
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This right also applies to all children, including those fighting cancer, the minister stated.
Puspayoga remarked that difficult challenges and various problems may always arise in pursuit of realizing the fulfillment of children's rights and protection.
Hence, for tackling these obstacles, strategies and synchronization through various ways from related stakeholders is crucial to continue to fulfill children's rights and protection.
She also expressed optimism that all parties and the community would increase their sense of concern and empathy for children with cancer.
Earlier, Director General of Disease Prevention and Control of the Health Ministry, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, remarked that based on data from Globocan in 2020, some 11,156 new cases of cancer were recorded in Indonesia in children and young people up to the age of 19 years, with the most number of cases being of leukemia, reaching 3,880, or 35 percent.
Annually, it is estimated that around 400 thousand children and young people up to the age of 19 years in the world suffer from cancer, he pointed out.
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