37. Commending the launch of Food Security Program and the establishment of the
National Nutrition Centre, the Committee recommends the State Party to explore
solutions for children at risk of under-nutrition through the provision of iron-folate,
promotion of exclusive breast feeding for the first six months after birth, and of
complimentary feeding.
38. Furthermore, the Committee recommends the State Party to ensure that provision of
public health services particularly the provision of primary health care services is
evenly distributed in urban and rural areas. In this regard, the Committee calls upon
the State Party to ensure that vulnerable children have access to basic health
services and nutrition programs. In addition, the Committee recommends the State
Party to take action to increase the number of health workers and professionals and
to ensure their deployment in all regions.
39. The Committee recommends the State Party to ensure that adolescent children
have access to reproductive health information, services and care. In this regard, the
Committee recommends the State Party to particularly reach children who drop-out
of school, living in the streets, in refugee camps, and who are in other hazardous
conditions.
G. Education, leisure and cultural activities
40. The Committee recommends the State Party to establish early childhood education
centers for children in rural and remote areas and to regularly monitor and supervise
those centers owned by private entities.
41. The Committee appreciates the constitutional guarantee accorded to the right to education.
However, the Committee is concerned by the high rate of school dropout. Therefore, the
Committee recommends the State Party to address the problem through various actions
such as comprehensive school reforms, reducing class size, and launching family support
and school feeding programs.
42. The Committee recommends the State Party to ensure inclusive education for
children with disability. In this regard the Committee recommends the State Party to
continue its efforts in campaigning for children with disability to enroll in schools and
to ensure that a favorable physical and epistemic environment is created. Moreover,
the Committee recommends the State Party to provide teachers trained in special
needs education in order to minimize barriers in the learning process.
43. In respecting children’s have the right to play, leisure, and have cultural life as
central to their health and development, the Committee recommends the State Party
to ensure that all children have an environment sufficiently free from waste, pollution,
traffic and other physical hazards to allow them to circulate freely and safely within
their local neighborhood; have resting time appropriate to their age and