Official biography

Dr Eulalie Manket-Kouassi

Obstetrician-gynaecologist specialising in Assisted Reproduction (IVF, ICSI) — Founder and Medical Director of Clinique Notre Dame de la Tendresse (CNDT), Abidjan.

In brief

Dr Eulalie Manket-Kouassi is an obstetrician-gynaecologist specialising in Assisted Reproduction (IVF, ICSI). Founder and Medical Director of Clinique Notre Dame de la Tendresse (CNDT) in Abidjan (Cocody Riviera Golf, Côte d’Ivoire), she is the first Ivorian woman trained in IVF at Strasbourg.

For over twenty years, she has supported women and couples facing infertility, with recognised expertise in two areas still rare in West Africa: the care of patients over 50 and endometrial immune profiling in repeated implantation failure.

Background and training

Dr Manket-Kouassi trained in reproductive medicine at the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg:

2002–2003

AFSA — Advanced Specialised Training Certificate

2002

University Diploma (DU) in Infertility

2004

Inter-University Diploma (DIU) in Ultrasound

She is the first Ivorian woman trained in IVF at Strasbourg — a path that has shaped all of her clinical and scientific work.

Clinique Notre Dame de la Tendresse (CNDT)

She founded CNDT in 2010, where she achieved her first ICSI birth that same year. Today the clinic is a Fertility & IVF Centre – ISO 9001:2015, which has supported more than 15,000 patients.

CNDT relies on a multidisciplinary team and a laboratory platform dedicated to embryology.

Areas of expertise
  • In vitro fertilisation (IVF) and ICSI
  • Management of female and couple infertility
  • IVF after 40–45 and egg donation
  • Fertility after 50 — a form of care still rare in West Africa
  • Endometrial immune profiling in repeated implantation failure
Research and scientific collaborations

Dr Manket-Kouassi conducts clinical research and collaborates with international scientific partners:

Pr. Jean-Louis Benifla

Lariboisière Hospital, AP-HP

Dr. Christophe Sifer

Jean Verdier Hospital, AP-HP — clinical partner

Dr. Nathalie Lédée

MatriceLab Innove, Créteil — endometrial immune profiling

She is a member of leading learned societies: ANARA, SOGOCI, ESHRE, ASRM. Details of her work, presentations and publications are set out on the Research page.

Books and podcast

Book

Concevoir l'Impossible

Book

The Billion Dollar Fertility Legacy

Podcast

ConceiveDoc

Commitment

“Every journey is unique. Our commitment: to listen, to understand, and to give every woman, every couple, every chance to make their life project a reality.”

International presence

Dr Manket-Kouassi divides her work between Côte d’Ivoire and the United States (McLean, Virginia), where she is founder and owner of Clinique NDT (a US company, 2017). She works as a consultant and speaker in reproductive medicine.

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