Local closures or mergers at Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, Middletown Psychiatric Center and Hudson River Psychiatric Center have left people and without
adequate access to mental health care in their own communities.
The agenda must address universal
health -
care coverage,
access and affordability; end preventable maternal, new - born and child deaths and malnutrition ensure the protection, promotion and support of exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continued breastfeeding with
adequate complementary feeding for 2 years and beyond ensure the availability of essential medicines; realize women's reproductive
health and rights; ensure immunization coverage; eradicate malaria and realize the vision of a future free of AIDS and tuberculosis; reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases, including
mental illness, nervous system injuries and road accidents; and promote healthy behaviours, including those related
to breastfeeding, water, sanitation and hygiene.
In my view, No Child Left Behind ignores several important factors in a student's academic performance, specifically the impact of poverty,
access to adequate health care,
mental health, nutrition, and a wide variety of supports that children in poverty should have
access to.