International Development Grant
Ensuring access to COVID-19 care across Mauritania
Project Number: CA-3-P009808001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $1,000,000.00
Start Date: March 24, 2021
End Date: December 31, 2023
Duration: 2.8 years
Project Description
The project seeks to support the Mauritanian Ministry of Health to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Project activities include: 1) recruit and train of local health professionals to improve their ability to provide care to COVID-19 patients in underserved regions of Mauritania.
Expected Results
The expected results of the project include: 1) decreased COVID-19 related mortality and morbidity of populations especially for those experiencing marginalization or vulnerability; 2) increased equitable coverage of public health care services for people infected with COVID-19; 3) improved capacity of local health authorities to diagnose and treat COVID -19 infection; 4) increased equitable availability of COVID-19 health equipment and kits at public and health facilities.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved at the end of the project (December 2023) include: (1) capacity building through practical and theoretical training on the Mauritanian site; (2) adoption of improved emergency and critical care skills for trained staff; (3) trained 55 people out of a target of 200-300 caregivers; (4) made bronchial endoscopy available in Mauritania. This means that Mauritanians no longer have to travel to the sub-regions for a routine procedure; (5) bronchial tumor diagnostics and decontamination procedures are now available at the patient's intensive care unit; and (6) care for patients requiring critical care is optimized and organized in dedicated units notably at Ben Zayed Hospital in Nouakchott which is the reference center in this field.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
WHO - World Health Organization
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Other technical assistance
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Unsolicited Proposal