Adaman Sinan , Coulibaly Zoumana , Konan Kouame Fabrice , Traore Soumaila , Camara Ze Leticia
International Journal of Rural Development, Environment and Health Research(IJREH), Vol-1,Issue-3, September - October 2017, Pages 68-82, 10.22161/ijreh.1.3.8
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Increasing poverty is now a major problem and its elimination is a challenge for many African countries, including Côte d'Ivoire. As argued by OMS (2002), "Poverty generates ill health and poor health maintains poverty". According to this organization, medicines occupy 25 to 66% of health expenditure in developing countries (OMS, 2005). In Côte d'Ivoire, the poverty rate is over 50%, especially in the North, where it rose from 40.3% in 2002 to 77.3% in 2008 (INS, 2013). In this country, the specter of poverty has gradually become integrated into the health field. Indeed, access to healthcare is increasingly difficult and poor health is often associated with very expensive health care costs. The illicit sale of drugs is experiencing significant growth in the streets of major Ivorian cities. The commune of Adjamé, located in the city of Abidjan, houses the biggest market of illegal sale of drugs '' Roxy ''. In Korhogo, in recent years, this phenomenon has become increasingly widespread and has consequences for both the economy and health. The objective of this study is to analyze the evolution of this phenomenon (supply and marketing networks), to seek to identify the socio-economic consequences behind this reality, and the risks related to health. To better understand our purpose and carry out this research, the study is based on a methodological framework which is based on the following points: geographical field, sociological fields, data collection techniques, sampling (criteria and size), focus Group and direct observation.