HEALTH AND INCLUSION
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IN THE PORO REGION
Organisation of a vaccination and deworming campaign
Commitment
Since 2018
Partner
Albert Heijn Foundation
Target country
Côte d'Ivoire
Amount of funding
€20,000 (of which 50% financed by the partner Foundation)
Context
Given the success of the vaccination and deworming campaign launched and organised in 2020 for mango workers and their families in three different localities in the Poro region (Korhogo, Sinématiali and Fapaha), it was decided to repeat the organisation of such a campaign in 2021 and to extend it to other diseases, within the framework of the DIBRA Santé – Phase 3 project.
Actions taken
in 2021
1. Funding of the 2021 dibra-santé campaign
The 2021 DIBRA-Santé campaign, which took place from 21 to 24 October with several joint actions aimed at mango workers and their families: deworming and meningitis vaccination sessions, screening sessions for malaria (RDT) and diabetes, and blood pressure testing sessions. Actions carried out in the villages of Korhogo, Fapaha and Sinématiali.
Photo gallery
2.creation of posters to inform and raise awareness
The production of 5 posters to communicate and raise awareness among the relevant audience about the actions of the DIBRA-SANTE campaign: malaria screening, diabetes and hypertension screening, reminder of Covid-19 barrier measures, meningitis and parasite vaccination.
the 5 posters
Our western africa mangoes
Western africa mangoes
The Group has close links with West Africa, particularly for its mangoes which comes from the four target countries: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal.
The production and export business for West African mangoes was created by SIIM over 30 years ago in Côte d’Ivoire and then extended to Mali, Burkina Faso and Senegal. This pan-African industry is professionalised and highly invested in sustainable and balanced development for all.
As the beneficiary of geographical conditions that are particularly well suited to mango cultivation (the mango tree is one of the most widespread fruit trees in West Africa, where it appeared during the 19th century), the sector meets the most socially and environmentally rigorous and compliance production standards.
In West Africa, the mango is a flagship product; according to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) “the sector in Côte d’Ivoire supports a rural community of 100,000 people”.
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