Cote d'Ivoire: Eliminating Sheep and Goat Plague Will Boost Livelihoods, Nutrition - UN
[UN News] The United Nations agricultural agency will outline a strategy in Côte d'Ivoire today for the total eradication of sheep and goat plague by 2030 at an international conference that began today in the country's capital, Abidjan. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 1, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Liberia: A Long Wait for Home - How Ebola Kept Refugees Stuck in Liberia
[IRIN] Abidjan -Nearly 38,000 Ivorian refugees living in Liberia have been unable to return home since July 2014, when Cote d'Ivoire closed its borders with Liberia due to the Ebola outbreak. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cote d'Ivoire: Agricultural Development Gives Renewed Hope for Peace and Sustainable Development
[IFAD] Rome -The potential of the Côte d'Ivoire agricultural sector, disrupted by the civil war that broke out in 2002, is still key to the country's economy and future. Agriculture accounts for 22 per cent of the country's GDP, generates more than 50 per cent of export earnings and employs about two-thirds of the active labour force. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 11, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cote d'Ivoire: Everyday Life At MSF's Katiola Maternity Centre
[MSF] From January to February 2015, Dr. Bernard Guillon worked at the maternity centre started by MSF and the Ivorian Ministry of Health in Katiola, Côte d'Ivoire, in a region where maternal and child mortality are serious public health problems. He tells the story of three patients. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 9, 2015 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Cancer Locks a Deadly Grip on Africa, Yet It’s Barely Noticed
Many specialist doctors and nurses in Africa are migrating to greener pastures, leaving cancer patients with few options. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPSBy Jeffrey MoyoHARARE, Feb 13 2015 (IPS)Hidden by the struggles to defeat Ebola, malaria and drug-resistant tuberculosis, a silent killer has been moving across the African continent, superseding infections of HIV and AIDS.World Cancer Day commemorated on Feb. 4 may have come and gone, but the spread of cancer in Africa has been worrying global health organisations and experts year round. The continent, they fear, is ill-prepared for another health crisis of enormous proportions....
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 13, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jeffrey Moyo Tags: Africa Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health Poverty & MDGs Projects Women's Health Cancer Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) Earthlife Namibia ebola HIV/AIDS Jead Foundation Malaria Ocean Road Cancer Institute (O Source Type: news
Cote d'Ivoire: Ebola Isn't Dead, These Radio Stations Know Only Too Well
[Waza]Just like all other media phenomena, the "Ebola buzz" in Ivory Coast was only short-lived. But against a backdrop of silence, the media and community radio stations in the West of the country are continuing their crusade to raise awareness about the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 9, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cote d'Ivoire: Addressing Inequality Is Major Health Challenge of Our Time
[Key Correspondents]Prisca, 36, was diagnosed with HIV three years ago, but as an unemployed mother of two, she is more concerned about feeding her children than getting HIV treatment. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - January 8, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Cote d'Ivoire: Côte d'Ivoire Launches Giveaway of 13 Million Nets to Fight Malaria
[Global Fund]Yamoussoukro -A nationwide campaign to distribute 13 million mosquito nets to protect people against malaria was launched here today, aiming to provide one net for every two people in Côte d'Ivoire. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - December 11, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Cote d'Ivoire: World Bank Group to Support Health Systems Strengthening and Ebola Preparedness
[World Bank]Washington -The World Bank Group's Board of Executive Directors today approved a U.S.$70 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit to help Cote d'Ivoire improve deployment and quality of health services in selected regions, with a focus on maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition services. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 26, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cote d'Ivoire: Ifad Invests in Rural Populations to Boost Food Security and Access to Markets
[IFAD]Rome -New project to reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth in post-crisis zones of the country (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 21, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Liberia: Ivorian Airline Resumes Monrovia Route
[FrontPageAfrica]Monrovia -The Ivorian airliner, Air Cote d'Ivoire, has become the first African airline to resume flights to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, a key step which will make it much easier for aid workers to travel to the Ebola-hit nations. The airline partly owned by Air France-KLM (AF) commenced Liberia flights on Sunday, October 26 after kicking off its service to Guinea on Oct. 20. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Gambia: President Ouattara Gives One Million to Ebola-Hit Countries
[The Point]The president of Cote d' Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, has given US$1 million to countries affected by Ebola, according to media reports from Cote d'Ivoire. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivorian Club Scene Fertile Ground for Teenage Pregnancies
[Thomson Reuters Foundation]Yopougon -On Rue de Princesse, the main party street in Yopougon, a raunchy neighbourhood in the Ivory Coast capital Abidjan, every second house has been converted into an outdoor bar and grill, a maquis, ready for the weekend. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - October 22, 2014 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Cote d'Ivoire: Proper Facilities Needed to Address Maternal Mortality
[Key Correspondents]When Tanoh Marie felt the first contractions she understood that her delivery time was near. As a mother of two already she knew about such things. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 8, 2014 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Cote d'Ivoire: Sexual Violence Fuels HIV Epidemic
[Key Correspondents]Three years after the Ivory Coast post-election crisis of 2010 ended, rape is still a major problem and the security situation for Ivorian women remains bleak. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - July 16, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
