E/C.12/HND/CO/2 50. The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to ensure that the Act for the Protection of Honduran Migrants and Their Families is effectively implemented and ensure that returning migrants are reintegrated into Honduran society, in particular by providing opportunities for employment under just and favourable conditions. It urges the State party to continue its efforts to improve living conditions at the centres set up to receive repatriated migrants, especially with regard to access to suitable social, legal and medical assistance, and to work with the countries of destination to coordinate programmes for the safe and dignified return of Hondurans wishing to return to the country. Right to health 51. Notwithstanding the efforts made under the National Health Plan, the Committee is concerned by the lack of financial and human resources, weak infrastructure, shortage of medicines and the poor quality and supply of health-care services, especially in remote and rural areas and for persons living on low incomes. 52. The Committee recommends that the State party allocate sufficient resources to the health sector and continue its efforts to ensure the accessibility, availability and quality of health care, especially in remote and rural areas and for persons living on low incomes. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen infrastructure in the primary care system and ensure that hospitals have the necessary medical staff, supplies and emergency medicines. Sexual and reproductive health 53. The Committee is concerned that abortion is considered, without exception, a crime, and it is concerned about the negative impact that the ban on the use and distribution of emergency contraceptives has on women’s and adolescents’ exercise of the right to sexual and reproductive health (art. 12). 54. In the light of its general comment No. 22 (2016) on the right to sexual and reproductive health, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Reconsider its ban on abortion with a view to ensuring compatibility with other fundamental rights, such as women’s right to health and life, and to respecting women’s dignity, in particular within the framework of the Criminal Code reform that is currently under discussion; (b) Lift the ban on the distribution of emergency contraceptives and take the necessary steps to ensure the accessibility, availability and affordability of emergency contraception to all women and adolescents in the State party; (c) Strengthen its efforts to curb the high teenage pregnancy rate, especially among low-income families, and ensure the accessibility and availability of sexual and reproductive health services, especially in rural areas; (d) Incorporate comprehensive, age-appropriate content on sexual and reproductive health into primary and secondary education curricula for both sexes. Right to education 55. The Committee is concerned by the fact that free primary education is not yet universal, by the limited availability of preschool education and by the high repeat and dropout rates in both primary and secondary education. The Committee is concerned as well by the reports received about the poor quality of education in the State party and the repeated interruptions of the school year. The Committee is also concerned by reports about the Guardians of the Nation programme, which is conducted by the armed forces at military GE.16-11828 11

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