CRC/C/GEO/CO/4 (b) rural areas; (c) Slow progress in the deinstitutionalization of children with disabilities in Incomplete data on children with disabilities; (d) Low awareness in the families concerned of the services available for children with disabilities and the limited access to health, education and care services for children with disabilities, especially those with autism, Down syndrome and severe disabilities, as well as for children in rural areas. 30. In the light of its general comment No. 9 (2006) on the rights of children with disabilities, the Committee urges the State party to adopt a human rights-based approach to disability, set up a comprehensive strategy for the inclusion of children with disabilities and: (a) Introduce individual functional assessments of disability status, based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, and a biopsychosocial approach for their support, train service providers on the assessments, guarantee effective cooperation between services and timely medical interventions and referral to adequate health and educational services, and establish early identification and referral mechanisms for vulnerable children; (b) Accelerate the deinstitutionalization process in rural areas, ensure sufficient alternative family- and community-based care options for children deprived of a family environment, in particular for children with disabilities, and reinforce reintegration services; (c) Organize disaggregated data collection on children with disabilities; (d) Develop a monitoring system for children with disabilities and their participation in health and education systems; (e) Undertake awareness-raising campaigns aimed at government officials, the public and families, to combat the stigmatization of and prejudice against children with disabilities, promote a positive image of such children and strengthen knowledge of the specific services available. Health and health services 31. While noting the launch of the universal health-care programme in 2013, the creation of a programme and a coordination council for mother and child health within the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs in the same year, the adoption of a policy for the regionalization of maternal and newborn care and the implementation of a corresponding pilot programme in 2015, the Committee remains concerned at: (a) The high rates of infant mortality and stillbirth and the low technological capacity of pre- and postnatal health care; (b) Reports of the continued prevalence of malnutrition, anaemia and other micronutrient deficiencies, as well as obesity in children and the limited coverage of the educational health visits made by primary health-care professionals, leading to inappropriate childcare practices. 32. In the light of its general comment No. 15 (2013) on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and taking note of target 3.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals on ending preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, the Committee recalls its previous concluding observations (see CRC/C/GEO/CO/3, para. 45) and urges the State party to: (a) Strengthen efforts to decrease rates of infant mortality and stillbirth by, inter alia, improving ante- and postnatal care, enhancing the capacity of health-care providers all over the country, and implement and apply the OHCHR technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age (A/HRC/27/31); 10

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