2.  The main principles governing the exercise of this right are regulated by the General Health Act 14/1986, as follows: › Public funding, with universal, free health services at the time of use. › Health Care System Decentralization to the Autonomous Communities. › Holistic health care, aiming to achieve high quality, with proper evaluation and control. › Inclusion of the different public health structures and services in a National Health System (NHS)

3.  Made up of both the State and Autonomous Community Health Departments.  Tax-based system included in the general budget for each Autonomous Community  The services offered include: preventive care, diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, rehabilitation, health promotion and maintenance.

4. European Sanitary card

5.  Primary Health Care: › extensive accessibility › sufficient technical resources  Specialist Care: › complex and costly diagnostic and therapeutic resources › access by referral from Primary Health Care

6.  Pharmaceutical services are co-financed by users: › Retired people and unemployed pay10% of the drug cost, up to a monthly limit, depending on their rent. › Workers pay 40% of the drug cost.

7.  There are several insurance companies: SANITAS, ADESLAS…  Civil Servants can chose to have an insuranced-based cover: MUFACE

8.  Life expectancy at birth (years): 78 for males / 85 for females  Probability of dying under five (per 1000 live births): 4

11.  Capital: Harare  Population: 13,5 millions  Surface: 386.850 km²  Languages: English (oficial)  Chronic malnutrition in early childhood: 34%  Population with no access to an improved water source: 19%  HIV rate: 20,1%  Mortality in children under 5 (for every 1.000 births): 132  Life expectancy at birth: 41

12.  High rates of malnutrition, alarming numbers of HIV and AIDS cases, and frequent cholera outbreaks  Many Zimbabweans suffer from malnutrition coupled with HIV/AIDS infections, but the country’s massively deteriorated public health system is not properly equipped to handle this double threat.

14.  Capital: Bangui  Population: 4,4 millions  Surface: 622.984 km²  Languages: French, sangho  Chronic malnutrition in early childhood: 45%  Population with no access to an improved water source: 34%  HIV rate: 10,7%  Mortality in children under 5 (for every 1.000 births): 193  Life expectancy at birth: 44

15.  Central African Republic is one of the poorest nations in the world, located in an extremely volatile region and beset by constant political instability, which makes it extremely difficult to achieve economic growth or public health advances.

17.  Capital: Niamey  Population: 15,2 millions  Surface: 1.267.000 km²  Official Language: French  Chronic malnutrition in early childhood : 44%  Population with no access to an improved water source : 58%  HIV rate : 0,1%  Mortality in children under 5 (for every 1.000 births): 150  Life expectancy at birth : 56,2

18.  Niger is one of the world’s poorest countries, with subsistence agriculture and livestock accounting for 80% of Niger’s livelihoods.  Agriculture in Niger is threatened by routine climate shocks (droughts and floods), poor soil quality, underdeveloped markets in seeds and fertilizers, not to mention poor pasture lands for grazing animals.  60% of Nigeriens are living below the poverty line, and food insecurity and hunger are chronic for significant swaths of Niger’s population. As a result, malnutrition rates are steep in Niger, affecting some 40% of all Nigerien children.  Malaria continues to be the first cause of mortality.