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Care of Disabled Children). But it expresses concern that this body enjoys limited support. The
Committee is also concerned at the general situation of children with disabilities, and especially
concerned that very limited infrastructure exists for their care, and that a very high percentage of
children with disabilities do not attend primary school and do not complete any level of
education.
57. The Committee recommends that the State party, taking into account the
Committee’s general comment No. 9 on the Rights of Children with Disabilities and the
Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
(General Assembly resolution 48/96):
(a) Pursue efforts to ensure that children with disabilities may exercise their right
to education to the maximum extent possible, and facilitate their inclusion in the
mainstream education system;
(b) Undertake greater efforts to make available the necessary professional
(i.e. disability specialists) and financial resources, especially at the local level, and promote
and expand community-based rehabilitation and social reintegration programmes,
including parent support groups;
(c) Provide CONAMED with adequate human and financial support necessary to
perform its important functions adequately;
(d) Adequately disseminate and implement the Law for Integral and Equal
Development for the Disabled;
(e)
Provide appropriate infrastructure for the care of children with disabilities;
(f)
Strengthen public-awareness campaigns to change negative public attitudes;
(g) Sign and ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its
Optional Protocol once open for ratification.
Health
58. The Committee welcomes the health-reform project aimed at improving access to health
services for disadvantaged groups, as well as other important progress in this area. However, it is
concerned that:
(a)
country;
Access to health services is inadequate especially in rural and remote areas of the
(b) A high percentage of maternal mortality occurs in rural areas due to lack of services
and skilled health workers;
(c) Despite considerable improvement in the last few years, infant and child mortality
remains high, especially in rural areas;