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BINGERVILLE/DAKAR, 2 April 2012 (IRIN) - Unpredictable rainfall in parts of Côte d’Ivoire cost some farmers over half of their harvest in 2011 producers told IRIN, but, armed with more knowledge about how to get weather reports and interpret them, they might still have been able to boost their output, say agricultural specialists. full report

COTE D'IVOIRE: Leprosy fight still flagging

 DIMBOKRO/TOUMODI, 8 February 2012 (IRIN) - Côte d’Ivoire’s leprosy programme was consistently under-funded during the civil war (2002-2007) and last year’s political turmoil, say health practitioners, leading to a loss of expertise in terms of detecting or treating the disease. full report

COTE D'IVOIRE: Meningitis spreads as people scramble for vaccine

 KORHOGO, 2 February 2012 (IRIN) - Eleven people have died from meningitis out of 40 reported cases in four departments across Côte d’Ivoire as of 31 January, leaving people scrambling to access the vaccine for their families. full report

COTE D'IVOIRE: Separated children yet to return home

 MAN, 30 January 2012 (IRIN) - Hundreds of children in Côte d’Ivoire were separated from their parents when people fled their villages during post-election violence in 2011, but nine months after the conflict formally ended only a quarter of those children have been reunified with their families, says the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). full report

COTE D'IVOIRE: Government scraps free health care for all

 ABIDJAN, 26 January 2012 (IRIN) - Côte d'Ivoire is abandoning free health care for all after a brief experiment because of skyrocketing costs. full report

COTE D'IVOIRE: Authorities move to curb illegal gold-mining

 TENGRELA, 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - Local authorities across eight out of 81 districts in northern Côte d’Ivoire have announced they are banning artisanal gold-mining in a bid to try to regulate the informal industry, and stop the encroachment of gold-miners on precious farmland. full report

COTE D'IVOIRE: Loss of relief aid could threaten fragile peace

 GUIGLO, 19 January 2012 (IRIN) - Nine months after fighting ended in Côte d’Ivoire, at least 15,000 displaced people are still in camps, many of the half million returnees require food aid, the groundwork for reconciliation in many parts of the west has not yet been laid - and aid workers are worried funding will dry up, threatening the fragile peace. full report

COTE D'IVOIRE: Public health risk as taps run dry

 ABIDJAN, 19 January 2012 (IRIN) - A severe shortage of clean drinking water in parts of Côte d’Ivoire is reaching critical levels and threatening public health, say residents and officials. full report

HEALTH: Yaws treatment study prompts WHO review

 BANGKOK, 11 January 2012 (IRIN) - Findings that a one-time oral treatment to cure yaws, a neglected tropical disease, is as effective as the currently recommended penicillin injection have prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to convene a meeting on how the disease may be wiped out. full report

COTE D'IVOIRE: Blood shortages causing deaths in west

 MAN, 4 January 2012 (IRIN) - Blood shortages at hospitals and health centres in western Côte d’Ivoire are causing unnecessary deaths, especially among children, say local and international health officials. full report

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