scholarly journals From ‘animation’ to encounter: Community radio, sociability and urban life in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabien Cante
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Community Media ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Normative Criteria ◽  
The City

Drawing upon ethnographic research on community radio in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, this article argues that tracking production practices outside of the studio allows researchers to better capture radio’s entanglements with everyday urban life. This spatial reconsideration mirrors a conceptual move beyond community media labels and normative criteria, towards a privileging of context. To illustrate both points, the article centres around ‘animation,’ the practice of enlivening social situations. Animation is central to community radio in Abidjan, but ‘ animateurs’ also practise their trade in a multitude of venues and events around the city. Following animation’s movements between on- and off-air provides an understanding of how community radio is assembled as a porous ‘micro-public’, and insight into the particular kind of sociability that it produces. The article shows that while this sociability is tinged with the quest for status and social capital, it is mostly characterized by indeterminacy, and valued for the unforeseen encounters it can foster.

Insecticide Resistance Patterns and Mechanisms in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Populations Across Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Reveal Emergent Pyrethroid Resistance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucien Yao Konan ◽  
Welbeck Achille Oumbouke ◽  
Urbain Garhapié Silué ◽  
Ibrahima Zanakoungo Coulibaly ◽  
Jean-Claude Tokou Ziogba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Pyrethroid Resistance ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Larval Habitats ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
The City

Abstract From 2008 to 2017, the city of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire experienced several Aedes-borne disease epidemics which required control of the vector mosquito population based on the reduction of larval habitats and insecticidal sprays for adult mosquitoes. This study was undertaken to assess the insecticide susceptibility status of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) in the city of Abidjan. Immature Ae. aegypti were sampled from several larval habitats within seven communes of Abidjan and reared to adults. Three to five days old F1 emerged adults were tested for susceptibility using insecticide-impregnated papers and the synergist piperonyl butoxide (PBO) following WHO bioassay guidelines. The results showed that Ae. aegypti populations from Abidjan were resistant to 0.1% propoxur, and 1% fenitrothion, with mortality rates ranging from 0% to 54.2%. Reduced susceptibility (93.4–97.5% mortality) was observed to 0.05% deltamethrin, 0.75% permethrin, 0.05% lambda-cyhalothrin, 5% malathion, and 0.8% chlorpyrifos-methyl. This reduced susceptibility varied depending on the insecticide and the collection site. The restoration of mortality when the mosquitoes were pre-exposed to the synergist PBO suggests that increased activity of oxidases could be contributing to resistance. Three kdr mutations (V410L, V1016I, and F1534C) were present in populations tested, with low frequencies for the Leu410 (0.28) and Ile1016 (0.32) alleles and high frequencies for the Cys1534 allele (0.96). These findings will be used to inform future arbovirus vector control activities in Abidjan.

Combining multi-criteria decision analysis with GIS approaches for decentralized organic wastes composting plants site selection in Tiassalé, Southern Côte d’Ivoire

2021 ◽  
pp. 0734242X2110381
Author(s):  
Dotanhan Yeo ◽  
Kouassi Dongo ◽  
Eliachie Larissa Eméline Angoua ◽  
Adeline Mertenat ◽  
Phillipp Lüssenhop ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Basic Field ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Analysis ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
The City

In recent years, decentralized composting appeared as one of the most appropriate treatment options for organic waste valorization in low- and middle-income countries. In Cote d’Ivoire, a pilot project has proved the feasibility of organic municipal solid waste composting for the city of Tiassalé. However, numerous issues still need to be addressed for the establishment of a sustainable decentralized composting system in this city. One of the key issues is site selection. Until now, there is no clear model for such plant site selection. In this study, multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and geographical information system (GIS) approaches were combined to develop an appropriate model for selecting decentralized composting sites in the city of Tiassalé. The methodology used involved two different and complementary phases. First, MCDA and GIS techniques were used to identify the most suitable site areas. Seven criteria clustered in three main factors (environmental, social and economic), and five constraints were considered in the analysis process. Second, five sites were selected within the most suitable areas after a basic field visit and ranked using the Analytic Hierarchy Process. The results showed that the most suitable spaces for decentralized composting plant siting represent only 2.6% of the study area. The investigation yielded on the selection of the two best options for decentralized composting plant siting for the city of Tiassalé. This study proved that the combination of MCDA and GIS is a practical and efficient method to identify suitable sites for decentralized composting plants.

Assessment of Trace Elements in Bissap (Hibiscus sabdariffa) Sold in the City of Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire

2017 ◽  
Vol 05 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
M’boh Gervais Melaine ◽  
N guessan Ismael Gbabia Zie ◽  
Ackah Jacques Auguste Alfred Bognan ◽  
Konan Kouassi Martin ◽  
Djaman Allico Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Trace Elements ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Hibiscus Sabdariffa ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Les Déterminants De L’accès Aux Services De Santé À Grand Bassam

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Maï Gilles-Harold Wilfried ◽  
Aloko-N’guessan Jérôme ◽  
Essan Kodia Valentin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Cost Of Care ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The City

State of complete physical, mental and social well-being, health is fundamental for man. Yet global figures for access to health are alarming. According to Gijs (2011) 2.5 billion people in the world do not have access to basic health care. In Côte d'Ivoire, the State has made population access a priority. Thus, sanitary infrastructures were built and equipped (PNDS, 2016). However, the problem of access to health services remains. The city of GrandBassam, located in the south-east of Côte d'Ivoire, has a wide range of health structures. Yet there are still people who still do not have access to health care. According to the RASS (2015), 25% of the population of Grand-Bassam still does not use health services. The purpose of this article is to identify the determinants of the access of the population of Grand-Bassam to health services. The methodological approach adopted to conduct this study took into account a bibliographic synthesis and the administration of a questionnaire. This study shows that perception of distance, income of head of household, perception of cost of care, household size, educational level, and age of households are the factors that determine access health services in the city of Grand-Bassam.

scholarly journals Urban agriculture in the city of Daloa, Central-West Côte d'Ivoire: Crop species, market practices and economic fallout

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 026-034
Author(s):  
Amon Anoh Denis-Esdras ◽  
Konan Kouadio Ezéchiel ◽  
Kouadio N’da Kouamé Cyriac ◽  
Soro Kafana ◽  
Seguena Fofana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Crop Species ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Market Gardening ◽  
Market Practices ◽  
The City

In Côte d'Ivoire, urban agriculture is expanding in several cities due to its proximity to consumers and its financial benefits. In the city of Daloa, several plant species are cultivated as food crops in market gardens. A survey based on semi-structured interviews was carried out among 19 people at 8 market gardening sites. This sector is controlled by functional illiterate persons who are more than 5 years’ experience. Eleven species included in 9 genera and 8 families and grouped into 5 types of vegetables were recorded. Carrot, Cabbage, Courgette, Spinach, Green Bean, Parsley, Lettuce and Tomato were the most grown vegetable. The most represented families were Apiaceae, Asteraceae and Liliaceae. Leafy vegetables (lettuce, cabbage, parsley) were the most grown. Market gardening generates monthly incomes depending on actor, species, and seasons. Thus, this sector provides an important source of income for local populations and deserves support from authorities.

scholarly journals Ethnopharmacological study of anti-diabetic plants sold on the markets of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 433-437
Author(s):  
Ta Bi Irié Honoré ◽  
◽  
Doh Koffi Stéphane ◽  
N’Guessan Koffi ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Whole Plant ◽  
Treatment Of Diabetes ◽  
The City

In the search for plants able to fight against diabetes, we have initiated an ethnopharmacological survey on the markets of the city of Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire. The markets of three communes in the city were visited for this purpose: Yopougon, Abobo and Adjamé. In Yopougon, we visited Wassakara market. The large Abobo market and the Gouro market were respectively chosen for Abobo and Adjamé. This choice was justified by an impressive number of medicinal plants sellers in these markets. The survey interviewed 120 herbalists on the basis of a questionnaire sheet. These investigations revealed 27 species of plants used in traditional medicine, in the treatment of diabetes. These plant species belong to 20 botanical families with four strongly represented which are Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Rubiaceae. Three parts of plants are indicated by herbalists in the treatment of diabetes: leaves, twigs and whole plant. The preparation techniques are decoction and kneading. The preparations are used for drinking and purging by diabetic people. In relation to citation frequencies, two plants are regularly used. They are Phyllantus amarus (Fc = 9.86%) and Nauclea latifolia (Fc = 9.49%). These two plants were frequently encountered during our surveys. They are the most important species indicated against diabetes by Abidjan population. Both of these species of plant should be subject of other studies to prove the scientific basis of their empirical use in traditional medicine.

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