A/HRC/41/2 746. In a consultative process involving all relevant stakeholders, including civil society organizations and professional associations, a strategy has been drafted for the advancement of primary health care, accompanied with an action plan covering the period from 2019 to 2023. 747. A comprehensive reform has also been undertaken in the area of social and child protection to fight against poverty, especially child poverty with the adoption of amendments on the Law on Protection of Children and the Law on Social Security of Old Persons 748. On persons with disabilities, in September 2018, the Government adopted the “Timjanik” 2018-2027 National Strategy for Deinstitutionalization. Its implementation envisages measures and activities for transformation of residential institutions and moving the beneficiaries in the community. A total number of 150 persons with disabilities will benefit from this service. During the 2018-2019 school year, 300 teaching assistants started providing assistance to children with disabilities in 34 municipalities. 749. Overcrowding in prisons is being resolved through the construction of new and expansion of existing accommodation facilities for convicted and detained persons. Regarding the issue of corruption and ill-treatment in prisons, within the framework of the National Strategy for the Prison System (2015-2019), a special Strategic Goal is foreseen establishing more effective mechanisms for dealing with cases of inadequate treatment of persons deprived of liberty and cases of corruption by the employees in the penitentiary institution. 750. The Directorate for Execution of Sanctions, will also begin the preparation of a new National Strategy for the prison system for the period 2020-2025. A Strategy for Development of the Probation Service for 2015-2020 will be developed. As regards the healthcare in prisons, the procedure for inclusion of all healthcare workers from all penitentiary-correctional institutions in the public primary health institutions has been completed. 751. A new Law on Prevention of Corruption and Conflict of Interest was adopted. In line with the new law, the new State Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) was established. Since its formation in February 2019, the SCPC, on its own initiative or on the basis of received applications, has initiated a total of 308 cases aimed at prevention of corruption, for which decisions were made for 44 cases. 752. A new Law on Free Access to Public Information was adopted. It facilitated the exercise of the right of natural and legal persons to access public information. The new law also introduces the right to seek information about the incomes and expenditures of political parties. 753. The representative of North Macedonia stressed that freedom of media and freedom of expression remained of the utmost importance for the Government of North Macedonia. The main goal of the reforms in this area was to facilitate conditions for self-regulation, ensure media pluralism and non-interference in the independence of the media. Any reforms in this area have been and will be implemented in full cooperation with the representatives of the media organizations and the media. The main activity in the field was the preparation of amendments to the Law on Audio and Audio-visual Media Services, mostly in the context of strengthening the independence, professionalization and financing of the public broadcaster, NRT (National Radio Television) and the Agency for audio and audio-visual media services 119