A/HRC/22/65 offering free schooling to all. However, many problems have yet to be resolved. Too often, school buildings are inadequate — 60 per cent of schools are housed in unsuitable premises (small churches or hangars) with up to 75 students per class — and have no teaching equipment, and some 90 per cent of schools are private schools. 84. The independent expert recalls that the right to education implies a quality education. He is aware of the scale of the task that the Government will face for several years in seeking to reshape an entire education system that can provide quality teacher training, an effective system of educational inspections and harmonized teaching curricula. Through its “Education for All” programme, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is already providing the Government with support for this major initiative. C. Right to health care 85. The massive influx of international medical organizations, the extraordinary mobilization of Governments after the 2010 earthquake and the ensuing cholera epidemic made it painfully clear that the health system needs to be completely overhauled to make it accessible to all persons without discrimination; otherwise, the right to health care will remain a dead letter. Moreover, owing to a lack of professional prospects, many doctors and other Haitian health professionals have chosen to go abroad to work, thus depriving the population of their services. 86. Since the departure of several relief organizations, the situation has become more difficult; free treatment, which was made available in 2010, has been suspended, with the result that tens of thousands of people are denied access to quality care. Health conditions are deteriorating steadily, and the health budget is still very small and cannot meet the needs. The worsening state of the public finances, due to the economic situation, cannot but cause concern among the Haitian and international experts who deal with this issue. 87. Without resources, public hospitals cannot function. The absence of health structures in the areas furthest away from the capital means that a large section of the population has no prospect of receiving treatment, and this at a time when the infant mortality rate in Haiti remains one of the highest in the Caribbean region.25 D. Cholera 88. At the time of writing, cholera had claimed some 8,000 victims and around 670,000 persons had been affected by the disease. Given the scale of the problem, the SecretaryGeneral decided to launch a major international fund-raising initiative. In a generalized context of global economic crisis where requests for assistance are multiplying for many different reasons, the independent expert appeals to States to show generosity in order to combat the spread of the disease. 89. The question of what caused the outbreak of the epidemic in Haiti remains a burning issue that has attracted significant public controversy. While the independent expert deplores the way that certain organizations have exploited the issue for political ends, he is aware of the need that victims or their families have expressed to know the truth and perhaps even to be given compensation. He recalls that silence is the worst response. 25 16 Around 60 per 1,000. GE.13-10672