    Take effective measures to increase budgetary allocation to the health sector. Continue to develop the national health sector, with special focus on access to health for poorer segments of the population. Adopt effective measures to ensure access of all categories of citizens to treatment and prevention of HIV. Take steps to reverse the negative trend of the decrease in vaccination coverage in Ukraine. Theme 11: Right to social security and to an adequate standard of living Treaty Bodies  CEDAW (2010) recommended that Ukraine use a gender-sensitive approach in all poverty alleviation programmes.  CRC (2011) recommended that Ukraine ensure that poverty reduction reforms focus on social assistance and benefit to low-income families and on child protection. It urged Ukraine to address poverty in families with children in the Poverty Reduction and Prevention Programme. CESCR (2014) Unemployment The Committee recommends that the State party step up its efforts to further reduce unemployment, in particular youth unemployment and unemployment among persons with disabilities, Roma and Crimean Tatars, including by: (a) maintaining the incentives for employers who create new jobs for individuals who have been unemployed for at least two years, including persons who have difficulty competing on the job market, and ensuring that individuals so employed retain their jobs when such incentives are no longer offered; (b) reviewing the vocational education and training system to ensure it reflects the current labour market demands; (c) taking specifically targeted measures aimed at reducing youth unemployment; (d) ensuring effective compliance by public and private companies and institutions with the 4 per cent quota accorded to persons with disabilities, including by providing for dissuasive sanctions for employers in case of non-compliance; (e) ensuring equality of opportunity and treatment in employment for Roma and Crimean Tatars and providing for sustainable income-generating opportunities, including by enhancing their skills training. Employment in the informal economy  The Committee recommends that the State party take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving the progressive reduction of the level of informal employment and access of persons employed in the informal economy to basic services, social protection and other Covenant rights. It also recommends that the State party systematically include the informal sector in the operations of the labour inspection services, deal with regulatory obstacles to job creation in the formal economy, and raise public awareness of the fact that labour rights and social protection apply to the informal economy. Wage arrears The State party should step up measures to address the problem of wage arrears, including by: (a) ensuring effective monitoring of the payment of wages; (b) providing for appropriate and dissuasive sanctions in case of violations; (c) ensuring that a wage guarantee institution is in place in order for workers to secure payment of their wages when such payment cannot be made by the employer due to insolvency; 189 | P a g e