occurred all steps must be taken to ensure that prisoners with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities receive the necessary medical care and treatment. ii. jj. Take measures to prevent violence against women and mitigate its impact on the physical and mental health of survivors. Measures should include: 1. criminalisation of rape, domestic violence and sexual assault; 2. adequate punishment of offenders; 3. community mobilisation and education; 4. counselling and education of men; 5. training of health and law enforcement personnel to ensure humane and sympathetic treatment of victims; 6. counselling and rehabilitation of survivors of violence; and 7. provision of alternative and safe housing programmes for women fleeing situations of domestic violence. Ensure that the health needs of the elderly are protected, through training for health personnel, and the strengthening of social support systems and health education for the elderly on nutrition and exercise/mobility. kk. Ensure that prisoners and other persons deprived of their liberty, under any form of detention, have access to conditions of detention consistent with human dignity and the highest attainable standard of health. Measures taken must ensure adequate food, clothing, exercise, physical security, reading material, rehabilitation programmes and medical treatment. This should include access to trained medical personnel, essential drugs, and access to preventives measures against diseases. Special emphasis should be given to the health needs of women in prisons and other places of detention. Disease Specific Obligations ll. Establish a national mechanism for the response to epidemic, endemic, occupational and other diseases including in particular malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases and other infectious diseases that ensures a co-ordinated, participatory, transparent and accountable response. mm. Review and reform public health legislation and criminal laws and correctional systems to ensure they adequately address the public health issues raised by epidemic, endemic, occupational and other diseases including in particular malaria and HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis, and that their provisions are consistent with international human rights obligations. nn. 28 Ensure the provision of appropriate training for health personnel, as well as continuing education on the treatment and prevention of epidemic, endemic, occupational and other diseases including HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis; and education on health and human rights. Health professionals and communities should be trained on guidelines on home based care of patients.