44 4. SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4 HIV/AIDS control Education Potable water Access to basic social services Health Electricity Sanitation Access to new information and communication technologies Access to decent housing Access to credit and micro-finance, notably for women and the youth 4.1. HIV/AIDS control The extension of the national programme on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was pursued during the year 2012. The number of sites that had included Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT/HIV) in their activities was 1,723 health facilities out of a total of 1770 in 2012, representing a coverage rate of 97.3%. One of the innovations was the application of the new protocols as part of the third phase of the 2011-2015 PMTCT programme. In 2012, the rate of testing pregnant women was 71.1% for an annual target of 69%. The HIV-positive rate was 0.78% in pregnant women tested, showing a slight decline compared to the rate for 2011, which was 0.9%. 4.2. Access to basic social services 4.2.1. Education