SURINAME-CSE-TBs-CRC

Concluding Observations on Report 3-4 (2016) (Link)

Adolescent health

30. The Committee welcomes the various initiatives to promote adolescent health and life skills, including the Basic Life Skills programme, and measures to reduce HIV prevalence. The Committee is, however, seriously concerned about:

…(b) Poor access to sexual and reproductive health care information and services;…

31. In the light of its general comment No. 4 (2003) on adolescent health and development in the context of the Convention and taking note of targets 3.5 and 3.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee urges the State party to:

…(b) Ensure that sexual and reproductive health education is part of the mandatory school curriculum and targeted towards adolescent girls and boys, with special attention on preventing early pregnancy and sexual transmitted infections, including HIV, and expand the Basic Life Skills programme to all schools, in particular those in the interior areas, and integrate it into the school curricula at both the primary and secondary levels;

…(d) Undertake awareness-raising and education programmes and campaigns on sexual and reproductive health issues for all segments of society, in particular, poor households in the interior areas, in particular Amerindian and Maroon communities;…

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Concluding Observations on Report 2 (2007) (Link)

[no mention]

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Concluding Observations on Report 1 (2000) (Link)

Adolescent health

45. The Committee expresses its concern with respect to the limited availability of programmes and services and the lack of adequate data in the area of adolescent health, including on accidents, violence, suicides, mental health, teenage pregnancy, abortion, HIV/AIDS and STDs.

46. The Committee recommends that the State party increase its efforts in promoting adolescent health policies and counselling services and in strengthening reproductive health education, including the promotion of contraceptive use by men…

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