Editing Benin (section)

=== Health ===
{{main|Health in Benin}}
{{see also|HIV/AIDS in Benin}}
The [[HIV/AIDS]] rate in Benin was estimated in 2013 at 1.13% of adults aged 15–49 years.<ref name=CIA3>{{cite web |title=HIV/AIDS—Adult Prevalence Rate |work=[[The World Factbook]] |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2155rank.html |access-date=16 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221190412/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2155rank.html |archive-date=21 December 2014}}</ref> [[Malaria]] is a problem in Benin, being a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children younger than 5 years.<ref name=Malaria>{{cite web |title=Malaria in Benin |website=malaria.com |date=24 February 2011 |url=http://www.malaria.com/featured/malaria-beni |access-date=16 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122100605/http://www.malaria.com/featured/malaria-beni |archive-date=22 January 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

During the 1980s, less than 30% of the country's population had access to primary healthcare services. Benin's [[infant mortality rate]] stood at 203 deaths for every {{gaps|1|000}} live births. One in three mothers had access to child health care services. The [[Bamako Initiative]] changed that by introducing community-based healthcare reform, resulting in a "more efficient and equitable" provision of services.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/inf-new/child6.htm |title=Bamako Initiative revitalizes primary health care in Benin |publisher=WHO.int |access-date=28 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106133809/http://www.who.int/inf-new/child6.htm |archive-date=6 January 2007}}</ref> {{As of|2015}}, Benin had the 26th highest rate of [[maternal mortality]] in the world.<ref name=CIA2>{{cite web |title=Maternal Mortality Rate |work=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2223rank.html |access-date=16 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418113820/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2223rank.html |archive-date=18 April 2015}}</ref> According to a 2013 UNICEF report, 13% of women had undergone [[female genital mutilation]].<ref name=UNICEF2013p27>{{cite report |url=http://www.unicef.org/media/files/FGCM_Lo_res.pdf |title=Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405083031/http://www.unicef.org/media/files/FGCM_Lo_res.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2015 |publisher=[[United Nations Children's Fund]] (UNICEF) |date=July 2013 |isbn=978-92-806-4703-7 |page=27}}</ref> An approach strategy was extended to all areas of healthcare, with subsequent improvement in the health care indicators and improvement in health care efficiency and cost.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Implementation of the Bamako Initiative: strategies in Benin and Guinea |pmid=10173105 |doi=10.1002/(SICI)1099-1751(199706)12:1+<S29::AID-HPM465>3.0.CO;2-U |volume=12 Suppl 1 |year=1997 |journal=Int J Health Plann Manage |pages=S29-47 |last1=Knippenberg |first1=R |last2=Alihonou |first2=E |last3=Soucat |first3=A |last4=Oyegbite |first4=K |last5=Calivis |first5=M |last6=Hopwood |first6=I |last7=Niimi |first7=R |last8=Diallo |first8=MP |last9=Conde |first9=M |last10=Ofosu-Amaah |first10=S |issue=S1}}</ref> [[Demographic and Health Surveys]] has surveyed the issue in Benin since 1996.<ref name="Benin Surveys">{{cite web |title=Benin |website=The DHS Program |publisher=[[USAID]] |url=https://dhsprogram.com/Countries/Country-Main.cfm?ctry_id=52 |access-date=27 August 2022 |archive-date=27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827151035/https://dhsprogram.com/Countries/Country-Main.cfm?ctry_id=52 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2022|reason=Just because the surveys published online are from 1996 doesn't mean that's when surveys started. DHS has run since 1984, and digitization is hard. Also, surely there's a better way to report DHS in the article than to merely say surveys exist.}}
In the 2024 Global Hunger Index, Benin ranks 99th out of 127 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Global Hunger Index Scores by 2024 GHI Rank |url=https://www.globalhungerindex.org/ranking.html |access-date=2024-12-11 |work=Global Hunger Index}}</ref>