PROJECT FOR EXTENSION AND EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT ON THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN NOUAKCHOTT MAURITANIA IN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA

Country：Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Client：JICA
Duration：2015 to 2018
Project partners：National School of Public Health, Nouakchott, Mauritania (ENSP）

External view of the National Public Health School in Nouakchott
A laboratory at the school
A scene from a lecture

Improving educational facilities and equipment to meet the demand for healthcare professionals at ENSP as well as to improve their capacity to teach at rural public health schools

Healthcare quality in Mauritania is not good and the country has high infant and maternal mortality rates.
In addition to ENSP in Nouakchott, the capital, there are several public health schools in rural areas of the country that train medical professionals.
Although ENSP was expected to lead and mentor rural public health schools, not only were its existing facilities too small but also the availability of teaching materials and the number of practicum sessions offered were significantly insufficient in light of the growing number of students. ENSP had issues in its ability to fulfill its role as an institution for human-capacity building needed for adequate healthcare service.

ENSP is located next to Nouakchott National Hospital Center, the country's top referral hospital. The project took advantage of this to plan facilities and equipment optimized for medical student training. As a result, ENSP became able to meet the demand for human resources in the healthcare field, exert better leadership toward rural public health schools, and contribute to the nationwide improvement of healthcare service standards.

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