CRC/C/15/Add.231 page 8 5. Family environment and alternative care Child abuse and neglect 37. The Committee welcomes the measures undertaken to improve reporting and investigation of child abuse which have had significant results. However, it is concerned that: (a) child abuse; (b) There is no comprehensive and multidisciplinary strategy for the prevention of The number of cases prosecuted are still quite low; (c) Recovery and counselling services for victims are insufficient to meet the increased demand for such services. 38. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Develop, in collaboration, among others, with civil society, social workers, parents and children, a multidisciplinary national strategy for the prevention of child abuse; (b) Review legislation with a view to improving protective measures for the victims of child abuse in the family; (c) Increase the number of trained professionals providing psychological counselling and other recovery services in a multidisciplinary fashion to victims at Child Guidance Centres; (d) Increase the training provided to law enforcement officials, social workers, staff of Child Guidance Centres and prosecutors on how to receive, monitor, investigate and prosecute complaints, in a child-sensitive manner. Adoption 39. The Committee is concerned that there is limited monitoring or control of domestic and intercountry adoptions, and that there is very limited data available on domestic and intercountry adoptions. 40. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Strengthen its system for monitoring domestic and intercountry adoptions; (b) Ratify and implement the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption of 1993.