CRC/C/GEO/CO/4
(b)
Allocate adequate human, technical and financial resources to ensure
full coverage of educational visits by primary health-care professionals, define the
periodicity of visits, expand the programme to pregnant women and introduce
information on levels of delivery care and the corresponding perinatal institutions;
(c)
Address issues of malnutrition, anaemia and other micronutrient
deficiencies, as well as obesity through, inter alia, education and the promotion of
healthy feeding practices;
(d)
Seek financial and technical assistance from UNICEF and the World
Health Organization, among others, in this regard.
Adolescent health
33.
Taking note of the high rate of early pregnancies and the absence of sexual and
reproductive health education in school curricula, and in the light of its general
comment No. 4 (2003) on adolescent health and development in the context of the
Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Ensure that the strategy for reproductive health includes a specific focus
on adolescent health and expedite its adoption;
(b)
Develop and implement a policy to protect the rights of pregnant
teenagers, adolescent mothers and their children and combat discrimination against
them;
(c)
Introduce sexual and reproductive health education into the mandatory
school curriculum for adolescent girls and boys, with special attention paid to
preventing early pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections;
(d)
Reinforce measures to raise awareness of and foster responsible
parenthood and sexual behaviour, with particular attention paid to boys and men.
HIV/AIDS
34.
In the light of its general comment No. 3 (2003) on HIV/AIDS and the rights of
the child, the Committee recalls its previous concluding observations (see
CRC/C/GEO/CO/3, para. 52) and recommends that the State party:
(a)
Develop and implement national guidelines on HIV disclosure
counselling for children;
(b)
Improve follow-up treatment for HIV-infected mothers and their infants
to ensure early diagnosis and early initiation of treatment;
(c)
Improve access to quality, age-appropriate HIV/AIDS, sexual and
reproductive health services;
(d)
Seek technical assistance from, inter alia, the Joint United Nations
Programme on HIV/AIDS and UNICEF.
Standard of living
35.
While noting the monetary and social support provided to families living in
poverty, the Committee draws attention to target 1.3 of the Sustainable Development
Goals on implementing nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures
for all and reiterates its previous recommendation (see CRC/C/GEO/CO/3, para. 54)
that the State party:
(a)
Take steps to improve the standard of living of children as a matter of
priority, paying particular attention to housing, water and sanitation;
(b)
Allocate sufficient funds to counteract persistent inequality, effectively
reduce the disparities and improve the extremely low standard of living of, inter alia,
families with several children, refugee and internally displaced families and families
living in rural and remote areas;
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