E/C.12/DZA/CO/4 The Committee recommends that the State party fully recognize the status of victims of sexual violence, especially that perpetrated by armed groups, and adopt urgent measures for their medical, psychological and social rehabilitation. 17. The Committee is concerned about the high rate of child labour in the country, with estimates that approximately 300,000 children under 16 years of age are working (art. 10). The Committee recommends that the State party intensify efforts to combat child labour, including by employing systematic and effective labour inspections and urgent controls by social services, mandatory training for the police and awareness-raising campaigns for children and parents on the dangers of child labour and the importance of education. 18. The Committee reiterates its deep concern at the acute housing shortage in the State party, the high number of persons living in slums (estimated at some 1.2 million) and vulnerable to forced evictions, the low implementation level of official construction projects and the disproportionally low budget level for housing (in 2010, the budget for the housing sector is 40 times smaller than that for national defence). The Committee is also deeply concerned by reports of favouritism in relation to the allocation of social housing units, which is not transparent and equitable. The Committee recommends that the State party urgently address the acute housing shortage by adopting a national strategy and a plan of action on adequate housing; drastically increase its national housing budget to an appropriate level commensurate with the extent of the problem; and ensure that plans to construct new social housing units are fully implemented, especially those intended for disadvantaged and marginalized groups and individuals, including those living in slums. It also recommends that the State party ensure that social housing allocation is transparent and equitable. In this regard, it draws the attention of the State party to its general comment No. 4 on the right to adequate housing. The Committee also urges the State party to ensure that persons who are forcibly evicted are provided with adequate compensation or alternative accommodation in accordance with a legal framework that complies with the guidelines adopted by the Committee in its general comment No. 7 on forced evictions. The Committee also reiterates its request to the State party to provide in its next periodic report detailed information on the incidence of forced evictions and extent of homelessness in the State party, as well as the measures taken to address these problems. 19. The Committee is concerned that many internally displaced persons, following the violence between 1992 and 2002, continue to live in slums and that return to their areas of origin is slow due to, among other factors, the inadequate standard of living in those rural areas (art. 11). The Committee recommends that the State party implement measures to facilitate the return of internally displaced persons to their areas of origin, including by taking steps to increase the standard of living in rural areas, focusing in particular on access to safe drinking water, general infrastructure and access to quality health-care services. 20. The Committee is concerned that people living in rural areas face considerable difficulties in accessing health care, owing to an unequal geographic distribution of care facilities and medical practitioners. The Committee is also concerned about the availability of medicines, the insufficient quality of health care in terms of standards of the upkeep of buildings, hygiene and reception of patients, as well as the poor conditions of work of health-care professionals (art. 12). The Committee recommends that the State party take urgent measures to ensure universal physical and economic access to primary health care. It recommends that the 5