Ivory Coast - David Levene - 2005

A patient is examined by a doctor in the In Patients Department of an MSF-run hospital, in Danane, Ivory Coast.

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF3421

Date taken / Date Recorded 11/11/2005 12:00 AM

Country Ivory Coast

Commissioning section MSF-UNITED KINGDOM

Photographer / videographer / producer David Levene

Copyright David Levene

Usage Rights (MSF) Internal Use Only

Formal Consent Copy available no

Editor's rating ★★★★ (E)

Maximum Size 2389px × 1674px 905.62 KB

Additional Information / Shotlist As of date, five adult patients in the In Patients Department (IPD) at Danane Hospital, in western Ivory Coast, are known to be HIV positive - around 50% of adult patients and a number of children are suspected to be infected with the virus.

Since the end of the 2003 civil war - and the tense standoff that continues between government forces in the south and the rebel New Forces in the North - the subsequent collapse of the country's healthcare system has provoked a medical crisis in parts of the country, and healthcare remains very limited.

In the western region, MSF teams have encountered alarmingly high rates of STI which can lead to huge complications in reproductive health, and a clear indicator that the HIV virus is spreading.

HIV testing and the treatment for AIDS have only just resumed in order to prevent the virus from spreading further, and to provide for better quality and prolonged life.

Family separations, and the influx of soldiers, have left many women and young girls vulnerable to sexual violence, prostitution, unwanted pregnancy and STIs.

In-Patient Department