General ­Recommendation Provisions related to Reproductive Rights 2. Include in their national health policies appropriate strategies aimed at eradicating female circumcision in public health care. Such strategies could include the special responsibility of health personnel, including traditional birth attendants, to explain the harmful effects of female circumcision; 3. Invite assistance, information and advice from the appropriate organizations of the United Nations system to support and assist efforts being deployed to eliminate harmful traditional practices; 4. Include in their reports to the Committee under articles 10 and 12 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of ­Discrimination against Women information about measures taken to eliminate female circumcision.” General ­Recommendation No. 15 – ­Discrimination against women in national strategies for the prevention and control of AIDS, 1990 The Committee recommends: 1. “That States parties intensify efforts in disseminating ­information to increase public awareness of the risk of HIV infection and AIDS, especially in women and children, and of its effects on them; 2. That programmes to combat AIDS should give special ­attention to the rights and needs of women and children, and to the ­factors relating to the reproductive role of women and their ­subordinate position in some societies which make them ­especially vulnerable to HIV infection; 3. That States parties ensure the active participation of women in primary health care and take measures to enhance their role as care providers, health workers and educators in the prevention of infection with HIV; 138