Cote d'Ivoire: Clean up campaign for hospitals

Hygiene in most hospitals in Cote d'Ivoire is so low that the ministry of health has launched a nationwide clean-up campaign.

1 Apr 2008

Cote d'Ivoire's health facilities are a major source of infection, according to government officials. (Image: UNFPA)

Cote d'Ivoire's health facilities are a major source of infection, according to government officials. (Image: UNFPA)

“We hope to eliminate from our hospitals [bad] practices that add risks to patients' health,” Health Minister Rémi Allah Kouadio told journalists at the campaign's launch on 28 March in Abidjan.

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