CRC/C/BOL/CO/4 page 15 60. The Committee recommends that the State party deal with child nutrition as a national priority through, inter alia: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) Establishing a time-bound plan of action to reduce chronic malnutrition; Allocating adequate human and financial resources; Coordinating the activities of relevant stakeholders including government entities and line ministries and civil society; Raising awareness of parents and caregivers of healthy nutrition; Establishing a nutrition surveillance system and ensuring periodical screening of infants and school children and adolescents; Targeting as a priority poor and rural areas; Evaluating the effectiveness of existing strategies. Standard of living 61. The Committee is concerned that 70 per cent of the children in the State party live in poverty, of which 45 per cent live in extreme poverty. The Committee is also concerned at the extremely low level of sanitation coverage in the State party, the high discrepancy between urban and rural areas and that the National Plan of Basic Sanitation remains inoperative. The Committee is further concerned at the lack of social housing and the negative impact of forced evictions on children, especially of indigenous and rural (campesino) families, and reiterates the concern stated by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 2008 (E/C.12/BOL/CO/2, para. 14(h)). 62. The Committee recommends that the State party transform its social sector initiatives such as cash transfers into a comprehensive social protection system guaranteeing the children in the State party an adequate standard of living. The Committee further recommends that the State party expand the capacity of the departmental and municipal services to implement integrated water, sanitation and hygiene programmes for isolated rural communities. The Committee also recommends the application and extension of the Programme for Social and Supportive Living as well as an integrated policy of social housing, and to consider the situation of families with children when decisions on evictions are prepared. HIV/AIDS 63. While welcoming the draft law on HIV/AIDS of 2007, the Committee is concerned that HIV/AIDS is becoming a prevalent problem in Bolivia. 64. The Committee recommends, with reference to its general comment No. 3 (2003) on HIV/AIDS and the rights of the child, that the State party strengthen its efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, including through ensuring availability of contraceptives throughout the country and through awareness-raising campaigns.

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