24.109
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expand and share experiences with other countries in the prevention and treatment of diseases such as cholera, dengue and HIV
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
24.258
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Redouble efforts to guarantee access to sexual education and reproductive health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
24.259
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to ensure that mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis remains eradicated in Cuba
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
24.260
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify its approach to curtailing teenage pregnancies by making greater use of Cuba’s comprehensive expertise in health and youth development
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
- Youth rights
24.262
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve the health sector especially through the training of health personnel, promoting awareness on HIV and AIDS and the rights of those suffering from this disease
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
24.268
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase access to and use of effective and high quality contraceptive methods to improve the quality of sexual and reproductive health services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
101.85
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Assign human and financial resources in order to strengthen universal access to sexual and reproductive health services, in particular for women and girls on the outer islands, who are not adequately equipped, with trained midwives and nurses to attend to maternal health and attend to the complications of deliveries
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
101.87
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve health-care infrastructure, access to emergency obstetric care, midwife training, and resources devoted to maternal health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
101.97
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health services for all women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
101.154
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt legal and political measures to improve access to comprehensive sexual education inside and outside schools in order to increase health-seeking behaviour with respect to sexuality, reproductive health and HIV prevention, with particular emphasis on groups at risk, such as women migrant workers, the rural population, drug users and sex workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Migrants
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
101.162
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop policies in order to eradicate forced sterilization and improve contraception policies and policies on access to decent work for women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
112.144
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake the necessary awareness and education efforts to stop the practice of early marriage and early pregnancy
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
114.62
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to develop infrastructure for health facilities and maternal and child health-care centres and to implement a strategy for the development of the production of medicine with the aim at expanding access for all citizens to quality health care
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
114.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expand the scope of the curriculum on basic life skills, in order to comprehensively address issues related to sexuality, protect adolescents from unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases and prepare them for adult life
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
116.87
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review the provisions regarding compulsory HIV testing contained in the 2016 Act on controlling the spread of the disease caused by HIV, while providing early diagnosis and treatment to mothers living with HIV and their infants, in the light of the recommendations of the Human Rights Committee and the relevant special procedure mandate holders of the Human Rights Council
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- Women's rights
116.88
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the implementation of measures to prevent HIV does not lead to discriminatory practices and is in line with international human rights obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Sexual and reproductive rights
120.106
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement and strengthen programmes to reduce maternal mortality, with emphasis on the rural population, indigenous peoples and people of African descent
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Minority rights
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
120.107
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take concrete measures to reduce the high rates of maternal and infant mortality by improving access to quality health services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
120.108
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allocate additional human and financial resources to achieve goals for the reduction of maternal mortality, especially in conflict-torn rural areas, with due attention given to indigenous women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to health
- SDGs
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
120.109
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve access to health services with a view to reducing the infant mortality rate, particularly among indigenous groups, and to ensure vaccination on schedule for children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
120.111
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that women and adolescents have access to sexual education and free and friendly reproductive health services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
120.112
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen health information services, particularly with regard to sexual and reproductive health, and ensure that they are accessible to young people and persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Youth rights
120.114
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee full access to safe abortion, within the existing legal framework, in all regions of the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
120.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the implementation of the resolution of the Ministry of Health, based on a dialogue with civil society and persons with disabilities, to guarantee appropriate and dignified access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
121.140
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures leading to the eradication of all forms of discrimination in health-care settings, including in the context of HIV/AIDS, by ensuring that the Ministry of Public Health develops strategic documents that take into account the human right to health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
121.141
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt comprehensive legislative and political measures to ensure access to health services for persons with HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive education for women and girls, particularly in rural areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
121.142
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the implementation of measures to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS from mother to child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Sexual and reproductive rights
121.146
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary action to reduce maternal mortality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
121.147
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize abortion and repeal section 339 (2) of the amended Penal Code to remove the requirement of obtaining certification from a prosecutor before an abortion can be legally obtained
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
125.75
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider allocating adequate financial resources to improve health-care infrastructure, midwife training, maternal health and access to emergency obstetric care
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights