Air Quality 54 (AQ54)
The award will support deploying Côte D’Ivoire’s first nationwide network of low-cost PM2.5 sensors and will provide data in a fully open manner. It will also bring a task force of actors from public and private sectors. The task force will include the District Autonome d’Abidjan, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Health, and the National Pharmacists’ Association. The task force will sign a convention that defines its aims, its functioning, and how it intends to reach its goals for clean air. Based on insights from the data collected through the air quality sensor network, the task force will raise awareness, advocate for policy updates, and create a concrete draft of legislation aimed at taking protective and tangible measures.
This award from EPIC will be transformative for our efforts in Côte d’Ivoire, allowing us to expand the network of sensors for open air quality data in the country, and collaborate with a diverse task force. This support will catalyze our vision for national impact, enhancing data-driven strategies to increase awareness and lead to policy changes for cleaner, healthier air.
Therence TEMFACK, Project Manager, data354
Achievements:
- Formed and inter-institutional task force bringing together key stakeholders including the MoE, the MoH, and the Abidjan Autonomous District
- Developed a dashboard to share data openly
- A network of 20 low-cost air quality monitors is currently being deployed through a unique collaboration with pharmacies
What’s next?
- Add AQ data to weather reports
- Development of mobile app
- Training sessions with the national order of pharmacists that will allow them to properly propagate information publicly
- An annual report to get a better view at the state of air pollution in the country that will steer data-driven decision making around air quality