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200
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In contrast, there is only one faith-based facility for the reception and care of victims
of severe and multiple disabilities abandoned by their parents. Conversely, there is no
institution, facility or school adapted to the mentally handicapped. Likewise, speechlanguage pathology services for the reeducation of language difficulties and the
testing of hearing disorders are almost non-existent.
Furthermore, the Community-based Rehabilitation Program suffers from a lack of
material and human resources and covers barely 35% of the communes (or 27 out of
77 communes).
c.
The Right to Health and Health Services (Art. 14 ACRWC)
The Child Code recognizes this right and has provided in this regard, a set of legal
provisions for child protection. Thus, Article 20 guarantees the right to health and
Article 24, the right to welfare. Article 154 guarantees the access to basic health care,
then Article 150 establishes the protection against child diseases and finally Article
151 protects against insane practices. Article 357 punishes the refusal to vaccination
and Article 358, the refusal to treatment and care. Finally Article 153 prescribes the
State's responsibility in the protection of mothers and children's health.
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Brief Presentation of General Epidemiological Characteristics Affecting Child
Health in Benin:
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Malaria and acute respiratory infections remain the most frequent pathologies as
reasons for medical consultation in 2012 (social log-book). Furthermore, in 2012, an
increase of the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS was recorded from sentinel sites all over
the country going from 1.7% in 2011 to 1.9% in 2012. The situation remains worrying
in some departments such as Littoral (3.1%), Couffo (2.9%), and Ouémé (2.5%). The
following table outlines the evolution of some epidemiological indicators able to affect,
in a way or another, directly or indirectly, the health state of populations.
Table N°4: Evolution of Some Epidemiological Indicators:
Indicators
Percentage of reasons
for
consultation
of the main
three
pathologies
(%)
Malaria
Acute
Respiratory
Infections
Gastrointestinal
Disorders
Tuberculosis Cure Rate
(%)
2002
61
2003
60
2004
60
2005
57
2006
60.1
2007
62.2
2008
61.3
2009
66.3
2010
72.8
2011
63
2012
60.2
37
16
37
15
37
16
36
14
39.7
13.8
40.5
15.2
39.6
14.9
43.1
13.9
48.3
18.0
42.8
13.5
41.4
12.3
8
8
7
7
6.6
6.5
6.8
9.3
6.5
6.7
6.5
80
80
81
83
86
74.8
79.1
80.6
80.4
Tuberculosis
Therapeutic
Success
Rate (%)
Number of Cases of
Leprosy
Tested
Simple
Malaria
Incidence
Rate
for
1000
Inhabitants
(in %)
Severe Malaria Fatality
Rate
for
1000 cases
AIDS Prevalence Rate
of Pregnant
Women (%)
80
81
83
86.7
86.1
87.5
89.2
86.4
86.1
91
90
392
377
453
397
404
345
298
248
227
448
243
117
118
119
108
109.9
118
121
131
138
13.2
146
7
11.6
13.5
14
6.2
5.3
5
7.8
5
7.7
10
2
2.2
2
2.1
2
1.7
ND
2
2
1.7
1.90
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Source : DPP/MSP
ND