CDC in Benin

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began collaborating with the government of Benin in 1999 on a subnational malaria control project that included the World Health Organization’s Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy. The collaboration broadened in 2006 when Benin was selected to be a U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative focus country. An in-country CDC resident advisor was assigned to Benin starting in 2008.

What CDC is Doing in Benin
- Distributed 750,000 long-lasting insecticide-treated nets between October 2016 and October 2017.
- Provided artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria to more than 1.7 million patients.
- Provided intermittent preventive treatment for malaria to more than 500,00 pregnant women.
- Distributed 115,000 rapid diagnostic tests for malaria.
- Provided indoor residual spraying to more than 380,000 households, protecting 1.2 million residents.
- 1 U.S. Assignee
- Population: 11,175,692 (2017)
- Per capita income: $2,260
- Life expectancy at birth: F 62/M 59 years
- Infant mortality rate: 63/1,000 live births
Sources: World Bank 2018, Benin
Population Reference Bureau 2018, Benin
- Neonatal disorders
- Malaria
- Lower respiratory infections
- Diarrheal diseases
- lschemic heart disease
- Stroke
- Road injuries
- Tuberculosis
- Congenital defects
- HIV/AIDS
Source:
GBD Compare 2018, Benin