Ivory Coast forward on health
Ivory Coast forward on health - From December 9th to 12th, the Ivorian Rugby Union with the support of Rugby Africa and World Rugby organised 3 training on medical. The health of the player is indeed the preoccupation number one of the union.
The aim : help the doctor, the educator and thefirst-aid worker for a good care of the players in case of emergency.
These trainings were supervised by Brian Carlin from World Rugby and lead by the Manager of the Medical Commission in Rugby Africa - Dr Madani Fall from Senegal, Dr Imed Mrabet from Tunisia and Dr Elvis Tano, Ivorian Rugby Union's chairman. All these people were with Adama Bakhoum, Training Manager at Rugby Africa and Charles Yapo, Regional Development Officer at Rugby Africa.
On 13 intern for level 2, 8 get their diploma. Concerning the educators, 14 on 10play their cards right and finally, for the first-aid workshop, on 28 intern, 18 did ithands down
The new General Secretary of the Burkinabe Rugby Union, doctor in specialization in Ivory Coast also participated to this training and shared his experience with the team.
These trainings were organized in the hotel : la Nouvelle Pergola, in Abidjan. All went very well and showed the will of the union tohighlight the health of the players, as World Rugby and Rugby Africa recommended.
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Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com) is the governing body of rugby in Africa and one of the regional associations under World Rugby. It unites all African countries that play rugby union, rugby sevens, and women’s rugby. Rugby Africa organizes various competitions, including the qualifying tournaments for the Rugby World Cup and the Africa Sevens, a qualifying competition for the Olympic Games. With 39 member unions, Rugby Africa is dedicated to promoting and developing rugby across the continent. World Rugby highlighted Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia as three of the six emerging nations experiencing strong growth in rugby.
