General information

Ivory Coast

Health precautions: A certificate of vaccination against yellow fever is required for all travelers over one year old. There is a risk of malaria in its malignant P. falciparum form all year round throughout the country. Resistance to chloroquine has been reported. Recommended prophylaxis: MEF. Vaccination is strongly advised against tetanus, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, meningococcal disease, typhoid fever, hepatitis A and hepatitis B.
To avoid traveler's diarrhea, you should avoid the foods most at risk: dishes prepared and then eaten cold later; seafood, meat, fish which are badly cooked or not cooked enough, and raw vegetables and fruit you have not peeled yourself. Drinking water must be boiled and filtered or drunk from sealed bottles.
International hospitals: Sainte Marie International Polyclinic,
For further information on sanitary conditions: Recommendations for travelers from the World Health Organization (WHO) (in English)
For further information on safety conditions: Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Contacter votre ambassade: Embassy of Tunisia in Ivory Coast
01 BP 6586
Abidjan, 01
Phone: +225 226 123
Fax: +225 226 124
ambtuci@globeaccess.net

Type of climate: Equatorial climate in the South (rains from April to July and October to November), becoming tropical in the North (rains from April to October). Take light clothing for all times and protection from the rain in that season.

To find an accommodation: Real estate for rent
To find an apartment: Accommodation in Côte d'Ivoire
Extended stay corporate housing directory

Abidjan Maison (in French)
Abidjan.net (in French)
Mbolo (in French)
To find a job: Afric Search
Afro Job

Telephone codes: To call in the Côte d'Ivoire from Tunisia, dial 00 (ou +) +225.
To call Tunisia from the Côte d'Ivoire, dial 00 (ou +) 216.
Mobile telephone standards: GSM
Internet suffix: .ci