A/HRC/30/41/Add.1 problem of a lack of support for the development of indigenous peoples ’ own educational systems and a lack of support for efforts to open up their access to national forms of education. 3. Health 65. The Special Rapporteur received worrisome reports about indigenous peoples ’ enjoyment of their right to health. According to the 2012 census results, 455 of the country’s 711 indigenous communities do not have health facilities of any kind, and 253 have no “health promoter”. Although 573 communities do receive some services from a family health unit, the exact nature of those services is not known, and the frequency of care is, in many cases, insufficient. 66. In her meeting with indigenous women, the Special Rapporteur was informed of many health-related problems, including the greater incidence of certain diseases, such as colon and uterine cancer, which they attributed to the effects of the aerial spraying of the soybean crops surrounding indigenous communities, the use of genetically modified seeds and plants, and the erosion of their traditional diet. They also said that some medical treatments were culturally inappropriate and that there was a lack of access to health-care infrastructure, including hospitals, because these facilities are located far away from indigenous communities. Transport problems are such that some patients die along the way, before they can reach a health-care centre. Health facilities in indigenous communities lack sufficient supplies of medicines and basic equipment, and health promoters receive no pay. As acknowledged by government sources, the demand for doctors in some of the remote areas where indigenous c ommunities are located has not been met. 67. Indigenous persons appear to not have enough trust in health -care services to seek them out, especially when it comes to diseases such as HIV/AIDS. This disease appears to be spreading rapidly among indigenous communities, a phenomenon that appears to be linked to a lack of special measures and to the prevalence of prostitution and sexual exploitation, especially in border areas, although disaggregated data on these factors could not be obtained. The Special Rapporteur received many reports of discrimination against persons of indigenous origin in the national health -care system and in other private health-care assistance programmes, especially in the Chaco region. 68. Following her visit, the Special Rapporteur was informed that a new law on indigenous peoples’ health that reflects a proposal formulated by indigenous organizations had gone through its first reading. She hopes that this law will be formally adopted and that all the necessary resources for its full implementation will be allocated. F. Indigenous women 69. The Special Rapporteur held a meeting with indigenous women to hear their specific concerns. The participants referred to the indigenous communities ’ lack of control over their lands, territories and resources and to their fears in the face of the ongoing threat of invasions of their lands by ranchers or cattle -breeders, which prevents them from practising their traditional way of life. They denounced certain indigenous leaders’ practice of renting out community lands for very little money, which is an illegal practice that runs contrary to the wishes of the communities, especially their women members. They described the problems that they encounter in seeking to exercise their right to health, as mentioned earlier, and the various types of discrimination that they face from both non-indigenous persons and indigenous men, in the civil service and in police stations. This situation impairs their ability t o lodge 16/24 GE.15-13734