Benin

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Total population (2012)	9,351,838
Birth cohort (2012)	360,909
Surviving Infants (surviving to 1 year per year, 2012)	332,886
Infant mortality rate (deaths < 1 year per 1000 births, 2011)	67.90/1000
Child mortality rate (deaths < 5 years per 1000 births, 2011)	106.00/1000
World Bank Index, IDA (2012)	3.47
Gross Nation Income (per capita US$, 2011)	780
Co-financing status (2012)	Low-income
No. of districts/territories (2011)	77

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Benin

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GAVI support for Benin

Type of support	Approvals 2001-2016 (US$) (31 Mar 2013)	Commitments 2001-2016 (US$) (31 Mar 2013)	Disbursements 2001-2012 (US$) (31 Mar 2013)	% Disbursed (31 Mar 2013)


Health System Strengthening (HSS)	$886,500	$2,738,500	$886,500	100%
HepB mono (NVS)	$960,636	$960,636	$960,636	100%
Immunisation Services Support (ISS)	$182,500	$182,500	$182,500	100%
Injection Safety Support (INS)	$358,664	$358,664	$358,664	100%
Meningitis A - campaign (NVS)	$2,058,500	$2,058,500	$1,868,265	91%
Meningitis A - operational costs (OPC)	$1,723,161	$1,723,161	$1,723,160	100%
Penta (NVS)	$32,647,419	$37,535,419	$31,240,996	96%
Pneumo (NVS)	$21,707,500	$21,707,500	$17,296,049	80%
Vaccine Introduction Grant	$207,500	$207,500	$207,500	100%
Yellow Fever (NVS)	$3,879,756	$5,018,256	$3,984,007	103%

Total	$64,612,135	$72,490,635	$58,708,276

Red line on table indicates duration of support based on commitments.
Commitments: Multi-year programme budgets endorsed in principle by the GAVI Board. These become financial commitments upon approval each year for the following calendar year.
Approvals: Total Approved for funding (IRC Reviewed)

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Benin DTP3 / immunisation coverage

DTP3 - WHO/UNICEF estimates (2011) Grade of Confidence	85% *
DTP3 - Official country estimates (2011)	100%
M:F sex ratio at birth (2012)	1.04
Household survey: DTP3 coverage for male (2011)	74.10%
Household survey: DTP3 coverage for female (2011)	73.30%
Household survey: Last DTP3 survey (2011)	74%
% districts achieving > 80% DTP3 coverage (2011)	94%
% districts achieving < 50% DTP3 coverage (2011)	0%
MCV WHO/UNICEF estimates (2011)	72%
Polio WHO/UNICEF estimates (2011)	85%

Breakdown of support

Non-vaccine support	Vaccine support
6%	94%
$3,358,324	$55,349,953

Data refers to disbursed values, date as per above chart

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News and updates relating to Benin

03 December 2012

100 millionth person receives lifesaving meningitis vaccine

A revolutionary meningitis vaccine will reach the 100 millionth person this week in a region of Africa that has been plagued by deadly epidemics for more than a century. The milestone will take place in northern Nigeria, part of Africa’s “meningitis belt’, where the country is conducting its second seasonal immunisation campaign against the disease.

28 November 2012