--ARTICLE 13 NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL States Parties shall co-operate and assist one another to a) define the magnitude of non-communicable diseases and risk factors; and b) adopt appropriate strategies for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. --ARTICLE 14 CHRONIC DISEASES AND CONDITIONS OF OLDER PERSONS States Parties shall co-operate and assist one another to a) promote healthy lifestyles and to prevent and manage chronic diseases and conditions of older persons; and b) harmonise and standardise guidelines for the prevention, early detection, management and control of priority chronic diseases and conditions of older persons. --ARTICLE 15 DISABILITIES States Parties shall co-operate and assist one another to a) promote effective measures to prevent and manage disabilities; b) increase access to improved technology related to assistive devices, and the creation of a barrier free environment for the equalisation of opportunities for persons with disabilities; and c) promote community-based rehabilitation programmes. ARTICLE 16 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH States Parties shall formulate coherent, comparable, harmonised and standardised policies, strategies, programmes and procedures for reproductive health, particularly in a) developing a surveillance system for monitoring maternal mortality; b) developing strategies to reduce maternal mortality; c) the reduction of genetic and congenital disorders leading to birth defects; and d) empowering men, women and communities at large to have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods for the regulation of fertility. --ARTICLE 17 CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH In order to provide for appropriate child and adolescent health services essential for the critical foundation for growth and development of children, States Parties shall a) co-operate in improving the health status of children and adolescents; b) develop and formulate coherent and standardised policies and set out targets with regard to child and adolescent health; and c) encourage adolescents to delay engaging in early sexual activity which may result in unwanted teenage pregnancies. --ARTICLE 18 HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT States Parties shall, consistent with the Protocol on Education and Training, co-operate in the development and utilisation of health personnel in, inter alia a) curriculum development for health professional training; b) undergraduate and postgraduate training; c) health research training; d) exchange programmes; and e) accreditation of health professionals. --- 6