The right to property 16. The Commission takes note of the following measures put in place to ensure the right to property: i. ii. iii. The Self Help Housing Agency (SHHA) scheme through which low income earners, within the range of Pula 395 to Pula 3000, receive interest free loans to improve their residences or receive complete residential units; The Destitute Housing Programme, through which the Government has constructed one thousand, seven hundred and thirty-two (1732) shelters for the poor since 2008/9; and The Presidential Housing Appeal which has provided four hundred and twenty (420) houses for the needy since its inception in 2009/10. The right to Health 17. The Commission: i. Commends the provision of free health care and medication to children, destitute persons and women seeking ante-natal care, in Government health facilities; ii. Takes note of the information provided stating that 95% of the population of cities and 89% of rural population live within 15 kilometres of a health facility; iii. Further takes note that there are over 800 mobile health services for populations in remote areas, or those outside the 8km radius of a health facility; and iv. Commends the adoption of the Accelerated Child Survival and Development Strategy (2009/2010 – 2015/2016) to address child survival, which introduces high impact interventions, including new vaccines, vitamin A supplements and strengthening the coverage and quality of services and monitoring systems. Protection of the rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS 18. The Commission takes note of the following measures: i. ii. iii. iv. v. Provision of anti-retroviral treatment (ART) to every client accessing health facilities; Launch of the “Treat All” strategy in June 2016, which provides treatment for all persons who test HIV-positive regardless of viral load and CD4 count; Development of a standard package of interventions targeting key populations in the community who are at high risk of contracting HIV, TB and other STIs, with the focus of the interventions on issues such as human rights, gender based violence, stigma and discrimination reduction initiatives; Introduction of new prevention strategies, such as safe male circumcision; Integration of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) interventions into routine maternal-child health care in all public facilities, and referral of HIV 5

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