The Committee is also concerned that the majority of the State party’s urban population lives in informal settlements without security of tenure and in poor housing conditions. The Committee is further concerned about the persistence of forced evictions in the State party, including from informal settlements and in the context of development projects, without the necessary procedural guarantees or the provision of alternative housing or adequate compensation to the affected individuals and groups (art. 11). 46. The Committee recommends that the State party increase the availability of adequate and affordable housing units by effectively implementing existing housing programmes. The Committee also calls on the State party to: (a) Adopt and implement a rights-based housing policy aimed at enabling disadvantaged and marginalized groups and individuals to access housing, including affordable housing units and social housing units; (b) Ensure that persons living in informal settlements enjoy access to basic services; (c) Enact legislation to determine the circumstances and safeguards under which evictions can take place and ensure that evictions are used only as a last resort; (d) Ensure that victims of forced evictions are provided with alternative housing and/or adequate compensation; (e) Provide information in its next periodic report on the number of homeless persons in the State party; (f) Take into account the Committee’s general comments No. 4 (1991) on the right to adequate housing and No. 7 (1997) on forced evictions, as well as the basic principles and guidelines on development-based evictions and displacement (A/HRC/4/18, annex I). Right to food 47.The Committee commends the State party for having halved the number of persons living in hunger in 2013. It remains concerned, however, about the prevalence of under- and malnutrition in the State party. The Committee is also concerned about the lack of related disaggregated data (art. 11). 48. The Committee recommends that the State party adopt a framework law on the right to food. It also recommends that the State party address effectively the remaining challenges to the enjoyment of the right to food, including by fully implementing the 2009 National Strategy for Food and Nutrition Security and ensuring adequate representation of civil society actors in the bodies established to guide and monitor the Strategy. The Committee also recommends that the State party collect disaggregated data on the prevalence of hunger and under- and malnutrition, including by sex, age, urban/rural area and origin. The Committee refers the State party to its general comment No. 12 (1999) on the right to adequate food and to the Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Access to health 49.The Committee welcomes the significant efforts made by the State party to facilitate access to health-care services, including the construction and reconstruction of infrastructure, as well as the decentralization of the national health system. The Committee is concerned, however, that access to basic health services, especially in rural areas, remains inadequate, owing in part to the insufficient resources allocated to the health sector (art. 12). 50. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to ensure universal access to basic healthcare services, including by effectively implementing the 2010 National Health Policy, allocating increased resources to the health sector while paying particular attention to improving infrastructure and increasing health-care facilities supported by qualified medical personnel in rural areas. In this regard, the Committee refers to its general comment No. 14 (2000) on the right to the highest attainable standard of health. Right to sexual and reproductive health 51.The Committee, while aware of progress made, is concerned about the persistently high rates of maternal and under-five mortality and the inconsistent data provided by the State party on their prevalence. The Committee is also concerned that teenage pregnancy remains prevalent, especially in rural areas, owing among other reasons to limited access to sexual and reproductive health services and information (art. 12). 52. The Committee recommends that the State party step up its efforts to address maternal and under-five mortality, as well as teenage pregnancy, by taking the following measures: (a) Effectively implement existing programmes aimed at reducing mortality rates. In doing so, the State party is encouraged to take into consideration technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce preventable maternal morbidity and mortality (A/HRC/21/22 and Corr.1 and 2) and, in particular, to ensure that births are assisted by a skilled attendant and that all women have access to basic obstetric and neonatal care; (b) Ensure the accessibility and availability of sexual and reproductive health services, including access to affordable, safe and effective contraceptives and emergency contraceptives, including for adolescents and particularly in rural areas;