II- The share of the national budget allocated to health 338. The share of the budget allocated to the health sector illustrates the firm determination of the political will to to give concrete effectiveness to the right of Man to good health. The expenditure in the health sector rose to 5.2% of the national budget in 1990, to 5.5% in 1995, to 5.6% in 2000 to reach 5.9% in 2004. This shows both the position that health occupies in the country’s global policy and the importance given to primary health care as a fundamental component of this policy which allowed the attainment of the objective of « Health for All » by the year 2000. In effect about 30% of the budget reserved for health is allocated to primary health care. 339. The proportion of the population, with access to qualified staff for the treatment of illnesses and routine wounds and able to procure essential medication for themselves is higher than 90%. Over 90% of the households are located at less than 4 kms from a health centre. 340. This cover is explained by the large number of structures established throughout the territory. In 2004 health insfrastructure consisted of: For the Public Sector 2,067 grassroots health centres For the Private Sector 82 clinics 121 District hospitals and peripheral 99 haemodailysis centres maternity clinics 3,371 medical clinics 33 regional hospitals 1,393 dental clinics 29 Hospitals, university centres and institutes 1,492 dispensaries *This data does not include the structures within other Departments and Institutions (the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of the Interior and Local Development and the National Social Security Office). 341. This health map has the objective of reducing the intra – and inter- regional disparities and to optimize the use of resources available for investment. It relates to both the public and private sectors for the purpose of achieving complementarity, and for a better inter-regional distribution particularly for the second and third line specialized structures. III-The baseline indicators A) The Infant Mortality Rate 342. The mortality rate which was in the region of 30 per 1,000 in 1995 fell to 22.8 per 1,000 in 2001, to stabilise in 2004 at 20.6 per 1,000, which allowed the realization of the objectives established within the framework of the national action programme for the survival, development and protection of the child during the last decade. This development is the outcome of several factors, notably the 73