A/HRC/33/57 C. Advice for indigenous peoples 29. Indigenous peoples should strengthen advocacy efforts for the recognition of indigenous health rights and rights to self-determination, with the aim of creating equitably funded indigenous community-controlled health-care facilities, goods and services that are available, accessible, acceptable and of good quality. 30. Indigenous peoples should continue to advocate for proportionate representation and genuine participation in policy decisions regarding health care and push States to ensure that their free, prior and informed consent is obtained before implementing laws, policies and projects affecting indigenous peoples. 31. Indigenous peoples can take measures to protect and promote traditional medicine and associated practices, including advocating for State recognition to receive full protection under the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and for traditional healing and medical practices to be included in mainstream health-care services. 32. Indigenous peoples should ensure that steps are taken within communities to protect children and youth from practices with negative health impacts, including alcohol and drug misuse, and work with States to address these issues. D. Advice for international organizations 33. While acknowledging the work done in this area by the Pan American Health Organization, the Expert Mechanism suggests that the World Health Organization consider appointing a global focal point on indigenous peoples’ health issues to better address the pressing concerns that are raised worldwide in respect of the realization of indigenous health rights. 34. The United Nations, its agencies and other international organizations should emphasize the importance of providing mental health services to indigenous peoples and take steps to address suicide among indigenous people, in particular indigenous children and youth. The World Health Organization should also coordinate further research into youth suicide. The above-mentioned organizations should share information and support indigenous communities in tackling this issue. 35. The United Nations Population Fund should take into consideration the rights of indigenous peoples, in particular women and young people, in their planning, given the disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality suffered by indigenous women and the gaps in the realization of their sexual and reproductive health rights. 36. The World Health Organization, the World Bank and other international organizations should conduct research into and disseminate information on best practices regarding community-controlled health care, to promote its adoption. 37. Together with States, multilateral agencies and other entities should also invest more resources in research and development for novel, affordable treatments for neglected tropical diseases that are disproportionately experienced by indigenous peoples. 38. The World Health Organization and other United Nations agencies should work with indigenous peoples to develop policy guidelines for incorporation of indigenous traditional knowledge into national health-care systems, including through the recognition of best practices. 24