A/HRC/15/30 10.2 States should promote access on an equal basis with others to public places, including hotels, restaurants and buses, trains and other forms of public transport for persons affected by leprosy and their family members. 10.3 States should promote access on an equal basis with others to cultural and recreational facilities for persons affected by leprosy and their family members. 10.4 States should promote access on an equal basis with others to places of worship for persons affected by leprosy and their family members. 11. Health care 11.1 States should provide persons affected by leprosy at least with the same range, quality and standard of free or affordable health care as that provided for persons with other diseases. In addition, States should provide for early detection programmes and ensure prompt treatment of leprosy, including treatment for any reactions and nerve damage that may occur, in order to prevent the development of stigmatic consequences. 11.2 States should include psychological and social counselling as standard care offered to persons affected by leprosy who are undergoing diagnosis and treatment, and as needed after the completion of treatment. 11.3 States should ensure that persons affected by leprosy have access to free medication for leprosy, as well as appropriate health care. 12. Standard of living 12.1 States should recognize the right of persons affected by leprosy and their family members to an adequate standard of living, and should take appropriate steps to safeguard and promote that right, without discrimination on the grounds of leprosy, with regard to food, clothing, housing, drinking water, sewage systems and other living conditions. States should: (a) Promote collaborative programmes involving the Government, civil society and private institutions to raise funds and develop programmes to improve the standard of living; (b) Provide or ensure the provision of education to children whose families are living in poverty by means of scholarships and other programmes sponsored by the Government and/or civil society; (c) Ensure that persons living in poverty have access to vocational training programmes, microcredit and other means to improve their standard of living. 12.2 States should promote the realization of this right through financial measures, such as the following: (a) Persons affected by leprosy and their family members who are not able to work because of their age, illness or disability should be provided with a government pension; (b) Persons affected by leprosy and their family members who are living in poverty should be provided with financial assistance for housing and health care. 13. Awareness-raising States, working with human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations, civil society and the media, should formulate policies and plans of action to raise awareness throughout society and to foster respect for the rights and dignity of persons affected by 6