CRC/C/15/Add.119 page 7 recommends the training of teachers, law enforcement officials, care workers, judges and health professionals in identification, reporting and management of cases of ill-treatment. D.6. Basic health and welfare Children with disabilities (art. 23) 34. While noting the protection afforded to children with disabilities under the 1996 Rights of the Child Act, the Committee is nevertheless concerned at the prevailing poor situation of children with disabilities, who are often institutionalized. 35. In the light of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (General Assembly resolution 48/96) and of the Committee’s recommendations adopted on its Day of General Discussion on Children with Disabilities (CRC/C/69), the Committee encourages the State party to make greater efforts to implement alternatives to the institutionalization of children with disabilities, including community-based rehabilitation programmes. The Committee encourages the State party to undertake a comprehensive national study on the situation of children with disabilities. Awareness campaigns, which focus on prevention, inclusive education, family care and the promotion of the rights of children with disabilities need to be undertaken. Adequate training should also be made available to persons working with these children, and the State party is encouraged to develop special education programmes for children with disabilities. The Committee encourages the State party to undertake greater efforts to make available the necessary resources, and to seek assistance from inter alia UNICEF and WHO, and relevant NGOs. Right to health and health services (art. 24) 36. The Committee wishes to reiterate the concerns expressed by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (E/C.12/1/Add.39) with regard to the deterioration in the health of the Armenian people, especially women and children, and decreasing budgetary allocations in this sector. The Committee’s concerns include the deterioration in the quality of care; inadequate prenatal and neonatal care; poor nutrition; that the cost of care is a barrier to access to health care for poor households; and that abortion is the most commonly used means of family planning. 37. The Committee recommends that the State party increase allocation of resources towards an effective primary health care system. The Committee recommends that the State party continue its efforts to distribute food to the poorest sections of society; expand use of iodized salt; and establish family planning programmes. The State party is encouraged to continue cooperation with and seek assistance from, inter alia, UNICEF, WHO, the World Food Programme and civil society. 38. With regard to adolescent health, the Committee is concerned at the high and increasing rate of teenage pregnancies, and the consequent high rate of abortions among girls under 18, especially illegal abortions; and the rise in rates of STDs and spread of HIV. Although parents