CRC/C/15/Add.269 page 13 (b) Adopt necessary legislative, administrative and budgetary measures in order to implement fully Programme national de périnatalité 2005-2008 in order to reduce newborn and maternal mortality by 50 per cent. It furthermore recommends the implementation of measures to guarantee access to quality pre- and post-natal health services and facilities, including training of midwives and traditional birth attendants, paying particular attention to the rural areas of the country; (c) Encourage exclusive breastfeeding for six months after birth, with the addition of an appropriate infant diet thereafter, and take measures to improve the nutritional status of children through education and the promotion of healthy feeding practices; (d) Facilitate greater and equal access to quality primary health services by mothers and children in all areas of the country in order to end the disparities in health-care provision between the different areas; and (e) Continue to cooperate and seek technical assistance in this matter from inter alia, WHO and UNICEF. Adolescent health 58. While noting the State party’s efforts to address adolescent health issues, in collaboration with international agencies such as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), WHO, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and UNICEF, the Committee is concerned about the limited access by teenagers to reproductive health education and services, as well as inadequate sex education at schools. In this light, the Committee welcomes all new measures targeted at young people, such as the establishment of a “youth-friendly” centre as a pilot project in the capital. The Committee notes with appreciation that the State party has finalized its National Strategic Plan on AIDS 2003-2006 and that HIV incidence remains low in the State party. As regards the aftermath of the long period of political violence in Algeria, the Committee notes with appreciation the State party’s efforts to respond to the needs of traumatized children, for example by implementing a National Programme of Mental Health. Despite these steps taken, the Committee is concerned at the increasing rate of suicides among adolescents. 59. Taking into account its general comment No. 4 (2003) on adolescent health and development in the context of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to promote adolescent health, including sex and reproductive health education in schools, and to provide adolescents with youth-sensitive and confidential counselling and health-care services. In addition, it recommends that further efforts, both financial and human, be undertaken for the prevention and care of adolescents’ mental health problems. Standard of living 60. The Committee notes that some progress has been made in improving social indicators and that measures have been taken by the State party to reduce the impact of poverty on the population and to achieve sustainable economic growth, for example by implementing a National