As of 2004, there were an estimated nine physicians, 31 nurses, and 15 midwives per 100,000 people in Côte d'Ivoire. About 77 percent of the population had access to safe water in 2000.

In Côte d'Ivoire, five neglected tropical diseases (lymphatic filariasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis, schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis and trachoma) constitute a public health concern because of their morbidity and profound impact on poor populations and how this perpetuates the cycle of poverty. Malaria is the leading cause of mortality among children and continues to be the top reason for medical consultations and hospitalizations. Yellow fever, sleeping sickness, yaws, leprosy, trachoma, and meningitis are endemic and malnutrition affects 24 percent of children under the age of five. According to the CIA World Factbook, as of 2014 there were 460,100 people living with HIV/AIDS in the country. The high incidence of HIV/AIDS is attributed to a lack of HIV education programs.