Coverage rate for healthy children aged from 0 to 11 months consultations (%) 86.2 77 112 83 88 75.6 68.2 68.6 70.4 77.4 Coverage rate for healthy children aged from 12 to 35 months consultations (%) 6 5 5 5 5.5 4.8 4.4 3.7 3.6 3.4 Coverage rate for assisted deliveries (%) 76 76 76 76 82 82 79.1 81.3 94.4 93.8 Maternal deaths for 100,000 live births 224 193 230 397 179 140 195 196.2 220.7 205.6 9 7.7 7.6 7.2 6.2 5.7 6.5 7.2 6.6 6 Early neonatal mortality rate for 1000 live births o Source : DPP/MSP 236 Concerning the national system of health coverage, it is modelled on the administrative division and is built around three administrative levels. 237 At the central level, the management of the system is handled by the Ministry of Health which is in charge of implementing the policy laid down by the Government in the area of health. To this end, it initiates the health action, plans its implementation, coordinates and supervises the execution of the identified tasks. 238 Benin has a National University Hospital Centre (CNHU) and a specialised centre in women and child health, Hôpital de la Mère et de l’Enfant Lagune (HOMEL). 239 At the intermediary level, the handover of the national health policy is assumed by the departmental health directorate whose actions are in line with the strategy adopted at the central level. 240 At the departmental level, the technical system of health care is assumed by the departmental hospital centres. There are five departmental hospital centres (CHD) one in each of the following departments, Ouémé, Borgou, Atacora, Zou and Mono. In the Littoral, the CNHU serves as CHD-Littoral in addition to its national function. 241 At the periphery, there are health zones which represent the most decentralised operational entities of the health system in Benin. The Health zone is composed by a network of first-aid services from the village level, provided by the village health units through district health care centres and communal health care centres.