Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
06/12/2024
Visit to the Minister of National Cohesion, Solidarity and the Fight against Poverty
The visit to Madame Logboh Myss Belmonde Dogo was the first for Ambassador de Viviès. She was given a presentation of the Ordre de Malte and its activities in Côte d'Ivoire, and may come to Bodo as part of the next obstetric fistula treatment campaign.
06/12/2024
Visit to UNFPA
Dr Liagui A OUATTARA received the Ambassador and Director of Hôpital St Jean-Baptiste to discuss the continuation of the obstetric fistula treatment program, which is due to end in 2024. The partnership between St Jean-Baptiste Hospital and UNFPA is working well, but the future should enable UNFPA to identify new financial partners, and the Hospital to define a complementary strategy.
06/12/2024
Meeting with EUROCHAM
Ambassador de Viviès took part, along with the First Secretary, the Hospital Director and his External Relations Manager, in an evening event organized by the European Chamber of Commerce, chaired by Dr DELMOTTE, in the presence of Minister Sidi TOURE, in charge of animal and fisheries resources; the follow-up to an ongoing project concerning corporate CSR was presented, and a meeting was possible with potential players for a partnership with the Hospital.
06/12/2024
Meeting with the Spanish ambassador
The new ambassador, SEM. Guillermo Marin Gorbea, received the Ambassador at the Chancellery, together with his Advisor. He knows the Order well, through the Spanish association and through the Order's ambassador to Morocco, where he was Consul General in Rabat. There is no shortage of common ground, with the presence of Spanish nuns in some of the dispensaries supported by the French association or by the association of Friends of the Order of Malta in Côte d'Ivoire, but also through the hundred or so Spanish companies present in the RCI.
06/12/2024
Visit to the Mayor of Cocody
Mr. Jean-Marc Yacé, Mayor of Cocody, received the Viviès ambassador to discuss the possibility of supporting a dispensary, following the visit of the President of the Ordre de Malte France in December 2023 ; a visit to the area enabled the new infrastructure to be visualized.
06/12/2024
Meeting with the Benianh Foundation
A visit was organized by the First Councillor to meet the Secretary General of the Benianh Foundation, Mr. Athjanase Ogou Okaingni. A visit to the St Jean-Baptiste hospital is planned in the near future to identify a partnership for the training and integration of women in the health sector.
06/12/2024
Visit to Treichville Hospital
Accompanied by the Director of Hôpital St Jean-Baptiste, the Ambassador met with CHU CEO Guillaume KOUADIO, Dr YAO from the pediatric oncology department, and Pr KONAN, head of the maxillofacial surgery department.
06/12/2024
Visit to St Jean-Baptiste Hospital
The St Jean-Baptiste hospital changed Director last August, and a new External Relations Manager was appointed. This team, completed by the new First Secretary and the First Adviser, will consolidate the coherence of our activities on site, supported by the Ordre de Malte France and the Association des amis de l'Ordre de Malte en Côte d'Ivoire, as well as by our various partners.
10/09/2024
2nd Conference of the Sovereign military order of Malte dedicated to the African Diplomatic Corps
On September 10 and 11, HEM Arnaud de Viviès took part in the 2nd conference organized by the Grand Magisterium in Rome, devoted to the African diplomatic corps. The first day brought together the Order's ambassadors around the Grand Chancellor and the Grand Hospitaller, for a working meeting to provide information and review directives.