CRC/C/15/Add.113 page 7 State party introduce proper monitoring procedures with respect to both domestic and intercountry adoptions and prevent the abuse of the practice of kalifa. Additionally, it is recommended that the State party take all necessary measures, including legal and administrative ones, to regulate intercountry adoptions. The Committee further encourages the State party to consider acceding to the Hague Convention of 1993 on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. 24. The lack of appropriate measures and mechanisms to prevent and combat ill-treatment, neglect and abuse of children, including sexual abuse within the family; the inadequate resources (both financial and human); the insufficient number of adequately trained personnel to prevent and combat abuse; as well as the lack of awareness and information, including statistical data on these phenomena, are matters of concern for the Committee. In the light of article 19, the Committee recommends that the State party undertake studies on domestic violence, ill-treatment and abuse in order to understand the scope and nature of these practices, adopt adequate measures and policies, and contribute to changing attitudes. The Committee also recommends that cases of domestic violence and ill-treatment and abuse of children, including sexual abuse within the family, be properly investigated within a child-friendly judicial procedure and sanctions applied to perpetrators, with due regard being given to protecting the right to privacy of the child. Measures should also be taken to ensure the provision of support services to children in legal proceedings, the physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of the victims of rape, abuse, neglect, ill-treatment, violence or exploitation, in accordance with article 39 of the Convention, and the prevention of criminalization and stigmatization of victims. The Committee recommends that the State party seek technical assistance from, inter alia, UNICEF and WHO. 25. While the Committee is aware that corporal punishment is prohibited in schools and in care and other institutions, including the Bollé Observation and Rehabilitation Centre, it remains concerned that traditional societal attitudes continue to encourage the use of such punishment within families and generally within society. The Committee recommends that the State party take appropriate measures to prohibit by law corporal punishment in care institutions. The Committee further recommends that the State party reinforce measures to raise awareness of the negative effects of corporal punishment and change cultural attitudes to ensure that discipline is administered in a manner consistent with the child's dignity and in conformity with the Convention. D.6. Basic health and welfare 26. While the Committee notes the recent efforts to improve the general situation of health, it remains concerned that the survival and development of children within the State party continues to be threatened by diseases such as malaria, acute respiratory infections and diarrhoea. The Committee is also concerned at the high incidence of child and infant mortality, as well as maternal mortality, the high rate of malnutrition, poor sanitation and limited access to safe drinking water, especially in rural communities. The Committee recommends that the State party allocate appropriate resources and develop comprehensive policies and programmes to improve the health situation of children; facilitate access to primary health services; reduce the incidence of maternal, child and infant mortality; prevent and combat