E/C.12/LVA/CO/1 page 7 protect them against all forms of exploitation. The Committee requests the State party to provide detailed information as well as up-to-date and comparative statistics on this issue in its next periodic report. 49. The Committee urges the State party to ensure the full integration of economic, social and cultural rights in its social development and poverty reduction strategies. In this regard, the Committee refers the State party to the statement on poverty and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (E/C.12/2001/10) which the Committee adopted on 4 May 2001. The Committee encourages the State party to develop indicators and benchmarks on an annual basis, disaggregated by gender, age, urban/rural population and ethnic background for the purpose of specifically assessing the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized individuals and groups, and requests that this information be included in the next periodic report. The Committee urges the State party to take all remedial measures to address the regional disparities that affect the equal enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights. 50. The Committee urges the State party to ensure that adequate compensation or alternative housing is provided whenever forced evictions take place, in line with the guidelines set out by the Committee in general comment No. 7 (1997) on the right to adequate housing (art. 11 (1) of the Covenant): forced evictions, and to include updated statistical data on an annual basis on the number of forced evictions, arrangements for alternative housing and the extent of homelessness in its next periodic report. 51. The Committee urges the State party to undertake the necessary measures to improve its health services by, inter alia, increasing the budgetary allocation to the health sector and extending basic health services to rural areas. The Committee invites the State party to include, in its next periodic report, information and comparative statistical data on povertyrelated diseases, with particular attention to rural areas. 52. The Committee calls upon the State party to adopt effective measures, including public awareness campaigns, to reduce tobacco use and alcohol consumption. 53. The Committee recommends that the State party undertake a study of suicide, in order to analyse the root causes, and invites the State party to develop, on the basis of the study, a coherent strategy to address the problem and report back to the Committee on the progress achieved in its next periodic report. 54. The Committee urges the State party to allocate increased resources and undertake effective measures for treatment of, and care for, persons with mental illnesses, with a view to moving away from institutionalization in favour of community-based care. 55. The Committee urges the State party to allocate the required resources to improve the quality of education offered in schools at all levels, in line with the Committee’s general comment No. 13 (1999) on the right to education. The Committee recommends that the State party review the quality of education offered in State schools, and ensure access to education in all parts of the country. The Committee invites the State party to provide detailed and