Diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancers constitute major health care problems. The prevalence rate of diabetes is 2% within the general population. Between 1995 and 1998, the Brazzaville Teaching Hospital registered a total of 1000 cases of cancer in all with 80 to 90 new cases every year. Cancer of the cervix is the most common, followed by breast cancer and primary liver cancer. Sexual abuse against women is an epiphenomenon which has emerged during the latest armed conflicts. The victims are women of all ages. From January to September, 1999, 2.036 cases of rape have been registered from Brazzaville to Pointe-Noire, with 193 pregnancies as a result of rape, that is a rate of 9.47 percent. The responses to these realities have been inadequate especially with regard to the human resources. Data for the period spanning 1996 to 2002 show that the health staff dropped from 7135 to less than 5130, that is a 31,5% reduction in six years. The imbalance in the staffing situation in the rural and urban areas is glaring: In 2002, Brazzaville alone had 51,8% of the staff ; The Kouilou including Pointe-Noire had 25,2%, the Likouala 9%, 1,4% for The ‘Cuvette Ouest’, 1,7% for the Sangha and 1,8% for the Lékoumou. There are also acute imbalances in the numbers of professional categories, to wit, seven departments do not even have a pharmacist or a dentist, or senior lab technician. Table on the ratio of health professionals/Patients Professional Category Doctor Dentist Pharmacist Midwive State registered nurse Number of patients 15,161 60,958 111,036 6,109 3,513 Statistics on Health, Nutrition and HIV/Aids Chronic malnutrition rate …………………………………………………26*(43) Vaccination of children from 12 to 23 months BCG……………………………………………………………………………….. 89,6* DTCP3…………………………………………………………………………….. 65,8* Measles………………………………………………………………...…… . 57,9* HIV/Aids … …………………………………………………...….. 4,2* Birth registration rate …………………..……………………………………..... .81,1* 4 Source : Population and Health Census, 2005. 30