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A Public-Private Partnership for the Introduction of Zinc for Diarrhea Treatment in Benin Results and Lessons Learned

Benin, located in western Africa between Nigeria and Togo on the Gulf of Benin, is territorially one of the smaller countries in Africa, with an area of 112,620 sq km and a population of 9.03 million. It is one of the poorest and least developed countries of the world, ranking 161/182 in the United Nations’ Human Development Index for 2009 (UN 2009). Sixty-six percent of the population resides in rural areas.