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   Cote d'Ivoire - Facts and Figures

  • Cote d'Ivoire ranks 166 of 177 countries on the Human Development Index in 2007/2008
  • There are more than 700,000 IDPs and vulnerable groups in the west of the country while populations in the north are becoming increasingly impoverished
  • Côte d’Ivoire faces a gradual deterioration in national food security and 15 percent of children under five are underweight and 21 percent are stunted

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   CERF in Action - Rapid Response

CERF allocates $2.1 million for Yellow

A community well in nothern Côte d'Ivoire
A community well in nothern Côte d'Ivoire [Photo: UNICEF]
Fever outbreak in Côte d'Ivoire

14 July 2008: In response to the Yellow Fever outbreak in Abidjan City in Cote d’Ivoire the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) are running a mass immunization campaign using CERF funds. To control the outbreak the agencies are immunizing 1.9 million inhabitants of Abidjan City, against Yellow Fever. To enhance the effects of the immunization campaign, rapid training of health workers on Yellow Fever surveillance is also being provided.

 

  
  [Last update: 23 July 2008]

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CERF assists vulnerable rural households in Côte d'Ivoire

26 June 2008: More information coming up.

Refugees in Guiglo (Cote d'Ivoire) ranking for food distribution
Refugees in Guiglo (Cote d'Ivoire) ranking for food distribution [Photo: UN]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Last update: 26 June 2008]

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