b) Undertake community sensitization to ensure that children with disabilities are c) d) e) f) able to access health services; Address the specific health needs of adolescents by providing age appropriate information and sensitization about reproductive health and sexually transmitted diseases/infections; Increase the annual budget allocated to health care at least to 15% as per the commitment made Abuja in 2001 at the African Union’s Special Summit on HIV/AIDS; Provide psychosocial support to orphans and child survivors of the Ebola crises and; Strengthen the primary health care delivery systems to provide preparedness for future outbreak of infectious diseases and in particular provide protection for children affected by epidemics such as Ebola. 25. The Committee applauds the various efforts exerted by the State Party to ensure access to safe drinking water through targeted infrastructure development. The Committee further encourages the State Party to extend the coverage of improved drinking water to all parts of the country with the aim of ensuring safe drinking water to all children. G. Education, leisure and cultural activities 26. The Committee applauds the State Party for the introduction of the Fee Free Primary Education Policy in 2002/03 and the enactment of the Education Act in 2004. The Committee notes that the unfortunate Civil War that the Country has passed through for more than a decade and the recent outbreak of the Ebola crises drastically affected the education system of the country through displacement of children, the interruption of schooling for many years for significant number of children and destruction of educational infrastructure, among others. The Committee has observed that the girl child, particularly, faces discrimination in the educational sector. It is further noted that even though the State Party has abolished school fees, primary education is still not completely free, due to the fact that many schools independently impose variety of charges on their students, which is unbearable for most families amidst widespread poverty. To address these and other related challenges regarding the full realisation of the right to education to all children, the Committee recommends the State Party to take the following measures: a) Take steps to eliminate all costs, direct and indirect, of primary education in public schools and ensure that free and compulsory primary education is attained in the Country; 11

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