DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2020.v08i01.002

Pages: 6-12

This study examines the factors explaining the dysfunction observed in the management of medical waste in the autonomous district of Abidjan in general but specifically in the Cocody University Hospital Centre (CHU). The study mobilised a dual qualitative and quantitative approach with adequate survey techniques in this case, document review, observation, semi-directive interviews and questionnaire. This enabled us to arrive at the following results: The informal management of medical waste at the Cocody University Hospital is linked to non-compliance with the normative framework published by the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene. In addition to this, there are socioeconomic issues surrounding medical waste, notably the method of awarding contracts to service provider companies. Thus, the actor placed in the social medical field, develops strategies outside the normative framework to preserve its interests at all points of view.