To wit the proposed expansion of the maritime port of Pointe-Noire, the
expansion and modernisation of the Pointe-Noire international airport, the
construction of Dolisie airport, Ollombo international airports, the proposed
expansion and modernisation of the Maya-Maya airport .among others
E/- At the social level
Depending on the sector concerned the social situation in Congo varies :
1.
Education
Congo has a high enrolment rate (84.2%) and a high literacy rate among adults
(78%) for women and (90%) for men;
2.
Health
Life expectancy in Congo stands at 52 years, with a total fertility rate of 6.3
children per women and a high population growth rate. In 2001, the average
rate was estimated at 3.1% which amounts to the population doubling every
twenty five years because of the high birth rates experienced in Congo. (44%)
This population is mainly young : 45% are under 15 years and 20% are women
at a child-bearing age
Indicators
Population……………………………………………………….3.551.500 inhabitants *(1)
Total fertility rate ………………………………………………..4,8 ‰ *
Maternal mortality …………………………....................……..781‰ ** (2)
Infant mortality rate …………………………………….............75‰ *
Infanto-juvenile mortality rate ………………………………...117‰ *
The mortality rate is still high; it was estimated at 14.3 deaths for every
thousand inhabitants in 1999. Infanto-juvenile death remains high (131 deaths
per thousand in 2000, and 117 out of every thousand live births in 2005).
Congo gives priority to the promotion and protection of human rights just as
other Members of the United Nations and the African Union, in keeping with its
commitments in the areas of human rights, even though she faces some
difficulties of effective enforcement.
Far from being a mirage, respect for human rights in Congo is a reality
enshrined in Government policy since the advent of the 22 January
Constitution. This Constitution provides the institutional and legal framework,
on the one hand, and determines the areas of intervention in the field of human
rights
1*
Sources : Health demographic, 2005.
2 **
Sources : Estimates based on Survey on Household consumption, 2004
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