30. The Committee welcomes the implementation of the Mother Baby Friendly Initiative (MBFI) which helps mothers initiate breastfeeding. The Committee encourage the State Party to ensure full national coverage of the MBFI. 31. The Committee notes with concern that considerable number of children in South Africa suffer from malnutrition. The 2016 South African Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) report confirmed that 23% of children 6 to 23 months received a minimum acceptable diet. Children in poor households continue to be adversely affected by rising costs of food. Although there is Child Support Grant, given the high rate of inflation, the child support grant is not adequate to fulfil nutritional need of children. Therefore, the Committee recommends to the Government of South Africa to take additional measures to ensure food security through improved employment, social assistance and land and agrarian reform in combination with regulation of prices of healthy foods. 32. The Committee also notes with concern that considerable number of children are not taking all basic vaccines in the State Party. The percentage of children who have never taken any form of vaccination and children who have taken all basic vaccines remain low. The 2016 South African DHS Report revealed that only 61% of children age 12-23 months received all basic vaccinations and only 53% received all age-appropriate vaccinations. Among children 24-35 months, only 42% had received all the age-appropriate vaccinations. The Committee is of the view that universal immunisation of children against common vaccine-preventable diseases is crucial to reduce infant and child mortality. Therefore, the Committee recommends to the Government of South African to take all necessary measures to ensure universal immunization of children against common vaccinepreventable diseases. 33. The Committee appreciates various interventions implemented to prevent transmission of HIV to children and to protect children from TB. The Committee encourages the State Party to ensure the provision of preventive TB therapy to all children exposed to an infectious source, increased training, awareness and linkages between MCH and TB services to improve diagnosis of childhood TB, child-friendly TB formulations and access to MDR-TB prevention and treatment when appropriate. The Committee further encourages the Government to prioritise Children and adolescents in HIV budgetary allocations. H) Special protection measures i. Administration of Juvenile Justice 34. The Committee congratulates the Government for implementing the decision to no longer place child sexual offenders on the National Register of Sexual Offenders.The Committee recommends that the Government also remove the names of those children who had already been placed on the Registry. The Committee also notes with appreciation the creation of a system through which children can be placed in child and youth care centres instead of correctional 12