water, health and sanitation and education. The average growth in its HDI was 2.3pp per annum since 2000 meaning that it is above the average of sub Sahara countries and those considered as of low human development. The divergences that these data show need to be analysed by the Government not only for the purpose of making conclusions but also, to help defining adequately the country’s policies. However, poverty continues to constitute one of the concerns for the country in such a way that the Government defined as its target the concentration of its efforts to reverse the high poverty rate that persists in the country. With regards to education, Mozambique has taken on board the recommendation of the APR Panel of Eminent Personalities which suggests that there is a need to reverse the pyramid of education by extending access to secondary and vocational education. In effect, enrolments in this subsystem have continued to increase between 2010 and 2012, namely: ESG1 (2009 – 670791 pupils; 2012 – 758383 pupils); ESG2 (2009 - 141714 pupils; 2012 – 197283 pupils); Elementary technical education (2009 -5810 pupils; 2012 – 7871); Technical Medium education (2009 – 12699 pupils; 2012 – 13498). Still in the area of education, strategies aimed at retaining girls at primary and secondary schools were implemented as well as encouraging them for vocational training. For this purpose, Retention in Schools Regulation for Girls was approved and operationalized through programmes such as “School Production” which aimed at keeping and retaining girls in schools. As with regards to access to water in rural areas, the coverage rate increased from 54% in 2009 to 67% in the first half of 2012. With this increase, more than 2.848.000 people have reduced the distances to access sources of water. In relation to urban areas, the water coverage rate increased from 60% to 70% in the same period. This growth allowed over 730.980 people to have access to running water their yards. The country also made progress in terms of transport infrastructure with the rehabilitation of the main roads, including remarkable investment in the main corridors which connect Mozambique to the neighbouring countries strengthening the linkage between potential productive zones to consumption zones. This has been improving access to markets. Moreover, the reforms introduced in the legislation, in particular those that regulate financial institutions, allowed the expansion of banking services and access to micro finances. Currently, around 80 districts have at least a micro finance institution. In terms of the multi-sector response to HIV/AIDS, Tuberculoses (TB) and Malaria there have been some innovating developments such as high technology for testing HIV and TB, using equipment that can be used in rural areas. With regards to malaria, the Government is implementing a National Malaria Policy and the testing of a vaccine against malaria. Additional efforts are being carried out by Civil Society organizations in the context of “Rolling back Malaria” (RBM) initiative. The country initiated in 2011 the construction of a factory for antiretroviral drugs, and it is expected that shortly the drugs will be available to the public widening the coverage of treatment at a reduced cost. The country has been achieving satisfactory results in terms of the reduction of HIV vertical transmission from mother to child. For example, in the context of “DREAM” programme, in 2002 it 11