- - The allocation of about 13% of the GDP to social development; The increase in the guaranteed minimum monthly wage to 15.000DA in 2010; The social coverage which directly or indirectly benefits 80% of the population; The completion of more than one million housing units as part of the 2004-2009 Economic Growth Programme. Under the five-year development programme (2010-2014), it is projected that two million additional housing units will be completed in order to eradicate the makeshift housing through all these programmes. 352. In the area of institutional mechanisms, a Ministry Delegate in charge of Family and Women’s Affairs and a National Family and Women’s Council were established in addition to the consolidation of the related legal framework, especially: The Family Code: as amended in 2005 in accordance with Order No. 02-05 amending and supplementing Law No. 84-11 comprising the Family Code; it is aimed at ensuring more balance in the relations between family members; - Law No. 10- 12 of 29 December 2010, relating to the protection of older persons; - Social laws on texts relating to social insurance, social work and to pension; - Law No. 08-09 o f 2 5 F e b r u a r y 2008, o n the Civil and Administrative Procedure Code which established the “Family Affairs Sections”; Law No. 02-09 of 8 May 2002 on the protection and promotion o f persons with disabilities; - The Algerian Nationality Code as amended in 2005 pursuant to Order 05-01 amended and supplemented by Order 70-86 of 15 December 1970, comprising the Nationality Act which recognizes Algerian nationality by birth through maternal affiliation; Law No. 85-05 of 16 February 1985, as amended and supplemented, on the protection and promotion of health; Ordinance No. 72-03 of 10 February 1972 on the protection of childhood and adolescence. 353. The impact of these efforts is visible particularly regarding: - Improvement in life expectancy at birth: 76.7 years (76 years for men and 77.3 years for women); - Increase in the national average in respect of the connection rate of households to utility services in 2010: electricity 99%, natural gas 47.6%, potable water 94%, sanitation 87% and access to mobile telephony 91.68%; - Low percentage of the population living below the poverty line: one (01) dollar per person per day to less than 0.6% in 2008; - Decline in the child mortality rate (24.1/1000 in 2009); - Increase in the rate of health coverage through vaccination campaigns (more than 95% for diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, poliomyelitis and 99% for vaccination against tuberculosis); - The reduction in the maternal mortality rate (76.9 per 100.000 live births in 2010. 354. The National Family Strategy (SNAFAM): These efforts, which reflect the purpose of Article 58 of the Constitution: “the family shall enjoy protection by the State and by the society”, have promoted the establishment of a satisfactory environment at the social, cultural, economic and political levels and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). 355. Thus, in order to focus this dynamic towards an integrated vision of the family unit, a national family strategy (SNAFAM) was adopted by the Government in November 2011 and it takes into account the challenges and the new needs of the Algerian family impacted by changes at both national and international levels. 59