“…State obligations fall into three categories, namely obligations to: (1) respect, which requires states to refrain from interfering directly or indirectly with the right to health; (2) protect, which requires states to prevent third parties from interfering with the right to health; and (3) fulfill, which requires states to adopt appropriate legislative administrative, budgetary, judicial, informational, educational, promotional and other measures to fully realize the right to health. 5 Children should be considered as a population group in their own right. Changing the existing health care systems merely as a means of cost containment should be discussed in an open, democratic way in society before any action is undertaken by governments or health service planners.…”