E/C.12/TGO/CO/1 The Committee urges the State party to: (a) increase the resources allocated to the implementation of the national health policy adopted in 2012 and draw up a timetable for meeting the Abuja objective; (b) ensure that the health policy is drafted with the aim of realizing the right to health; and (c) disseminate and ensure compliance with the Health Code adopted in 2009. The Committee refers the State party to its general comment No. 14 (2000) on the right to the highest attainable standard of health. 30. The Committee is concerned by the proliferation of unauthorized private medical practitioners and the illegal market for pharmaceutical products, the quality of which cannot be guaranteed. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that no unauthorized medical practitioners may practice medicine in the State party. It also requests that the State party as soon as possible introduce legislation to combat the illegal market in pharmaceutical products and launch campaigns as planned to make the public aware of the dangers inherent in such products. The Committee further recommends that the State party ensure that pharmaceutical products are affordable, including for disadvantaged and marginalized groups, in order to avoid the need to resort to illegal goods. 31. The Committee is concerned by the high prevalence of HIV in the State party, especially among vulnerable groups. The Committee also notes with concern that free antiretroviral treatment is not provided throughout the country and that supplies of such treatment were interrupted in 2009 and 2010. The Committee urges the State party to: (a) adopt implementing legislation for Act No. 2005-12 on the protection of persons against HIV/AIDS and ensure the effective application of that Act, in particular by creating awareness among both the public and the authorities responsible for its implementation; (b) extend refunding for the cost of antiretroviral treatment to the whole country and ensure that vulnerable groups have equal access to such treatment; and (c) ensure that stable funding is allocated for that purpose in order to prevent any interruption in the supply of antiretroviral treatment. 32. The Committee notes with concern that regular visits are not made by the authorities to psychiatric institutions, despite provisions to that effect in the Health Code (art. 12). The Committee urges the State party to adopt and implement the implementing legislation on the application of the Health Code with respect to the protection of mental health as soon as possible. In particular, the Committee urges the State party to include clear provisions in the text on visits to centres for persons with mental disorders, as provided for in article 127 of the Health Code, and on regular inspections and effective judicial oversight of internment. The Committee requests that the State party provide details in its next periodic report of the mental health situation in the State party. 33. The Committee notes with concern that access to safe water and sanitation is insufficient, particularly in rural areas and in certain regions. The Committee is also concerned at inadequate monitoring of water quality and the pollution in urban areas caused by deficiencies in waste and sewage treatment and disposal (art. 12). The Committee urges the State party to develop public sanitation, waste and sewage treatment services and safe drinking water distribution systems, particularly in rural areas and in the Savanes and Kara regions, and to clean up sites that have become polluted by wastewater. The Committee recommends that a separate and better funded budget line be created for water management and sanitation in the budget for the health sector. The Committee invites the State party to provide information in its 8 GE.13-44283