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

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“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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