Côte d'Ivoire : Facts and figures (January-September 2013

18-12-2013 Facts and Figures

visited over 10,666 detainees during 159 visits to 60 places of detention, both provisional and permanent;
monitored the cases of 454 detainees in provisional places of detention;
treated cases of severe acute malnutrition and beri-beri in 21 prisons;
set up a nutrition monitoring system in 32 prisons;
distributed hygiene requisites and cleaning products to 9,445 detainees;
carried out anti-vector programmes in nine prisons;
partly renovated kitchens, store-rooms and/or water and sanitation systems in prisons at Dimbokro, Boundiali and Grand-Bassam.

enabled 74 unaccompanied children and vulnerable young people who had taken refuge in neighbouring countries to be reunited with their parents.

distributed 90 tonnes of seed, plus agricultural equipment, to over 18,000 people who had returned to their villages near Taï;
distributed food to 606 people and household requisites to 1,806;
chlorinated wells and supplied plastic sheeting in communities affected by intercommunal violence;
helped 111 female heads of household to launch revenue-earning activities;
supported two hospitals and four health centres serving a population of almost 210,000, enabling them to provide 30,000 consultations, of which 12,000 were for children under five;
supported health teams that vaccinated 5,471 young children and pregnant women;
supported 64 community health workers, enabling them to carry out 660 community awareness-raising sessions on the theme of mental health, plus 5,908 individual sessions in 25 villages and seven camps;
supported medical personnel in six facilities, enabling them to detect and treat 140 cases of mental suffering;
helped improve the hygiene practices of 8,880 people, and helped them build latrines and/or improve their wells;
repaired or replaced manually-operated pumps serving 55,405 people in 16 villages, and trained water management committees.

distributed essential household items to 1,772 Malian refugees in the province of Oudalan, northern Burkina Faso;
distributed 150 tonnes of millet, 30 tonnes of beans, 15,000 litres of oil and 3 tonnes of salt to 9,000 vulnerable families in communities hosting Malian refugees.