2- Right to Health (Article 16 of the Charter) The right to health is guaranteed by Article 7 (Paragraph 2) of the Constitution which stipulates that ‘’the State shall ensure that all citizens have equal access to health…’’ As part of the promotion of health as defined by Article 16 of the Charter, the Ivorian Government has taken several measures and carried out several activities, particularly in the area of maternal and child health. The Extended Programme on Immunization (PEV) which received a new vaccine, the pneumococcus, thereby bringing to ten the total number of vaccines for the protection of children, illustrates this. The targeted free health care (consultation…) concerns mothers and children aged between 0 and 5. Other measures taken have to do with the free distribution of treated mosquito nets and Campaigns for the Accelerated Reduction in Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA). All of these measures have had a positive impact on the health of the people. For example, as the following table illustrates, the incidence of malaria among the general population and children under five in particular, is declining gradually: Table of the incidence of malaria among the general population and children under five 2013 2014 General Population 105 139 Children < 5 years 295 280 The technical situation has improved with the construction of a new haemodialysis centre at the Cocody Teaching Hospital, thereby making it possible to transplant certain organs. Similarly, national campaigns in the fight against infections like HIV-AIDS have been upscaled and extended such that, according to the Demographic Health Survey in Cote d’Ivoire (EDS-CI), the prevalence rate dropped from 4.7 (source: Health Indicator Study) in 2005 to 3.7 in 2012. ARV treatment is also free. TB DATA FROM 2012 TO 2014 Year No. of CAT/CDT opened No. of all forms of TB Success with 2012 143 24 222 treatment 79% 2013 163 25 299 80% 2014 184 23 750 81% Proportion of TB tested for HIV 85% TB/HIV under Cotrim No. of personnel trained in PEC TB 3843 No. of diagnosed TBMR 221 90% 4214 327 377 93% 4707 471 245 67 3- Right to Education (Article 17 of the Charter) The right to education is guaranteed by Article 7 Paragraph 2 of the Constitution which stipulates that ‘’the State shall ensure that all citizens have equal access to education …’’ This right is enjoyed equally by all children, both boys and girls, through free enrolment for primary education. 30