III. AREAS OF CONCERN AND RECOMWIENDATIONS A. General measures of implementation 5. The Committee commends the State Party for adopting the comprehensive Child Care and Protection Bill. Therefore, the Committee recommends the Government of Namibia to gazette the Bill within a definite period. 6. The Committee commends the specific achievements the State Party recorded in implementing the National Agenda for Children (NAC) in 2012-2013 and which include the abolishment of School Development Fund. 7. The Committee commends the State Party for addressing the issue of the unduly prolonged process to apply for grant under the Child Care and Protection Bill. However, the Committee is concerned by the existence of unduly long process to apply for grant in practice. Therefore, the Committee recommends the Government of Namibia to take all necessary measures to speed up the process including the establishment of a onestop center for grant applications. 8. The Committee notes with great concern the increase of orphans from 25,000 in 2004 to 149,412 in 2013. Some reports indicate that one of the contributing factors is lack of medical treatment to adults. In this regard, the Committee recommends the State Party to observe the wellbeing of orphan children and to accelerate treatment access for adults to reduce the increasing number of orphans. Moreover, the Committee commends the establishment of the Permanent Task Force (PTF) on Orphans and Vulnerable Children as a body for collaboration and monitoring the implementation of the National Agenda for Children. However, the Committee notes with concern that PTF's primary mandate is on orphan and vulnerable children and that there is still lack of coordination among and between stakeholders including the various ministries, and between the government and CSOs. Therefore, the Committee recommends the State Party to establish a mechanism for collaboration of the various stakeholders working with and for children. 9. The Committee further urges the State Party to strengthen its National Statistics Agency and to put in place a comprehensive data collection system and to include disaggregated statistical data under all clusters in its next report to be submitted for the Committee.