Minister of Health Visits Tayarett Health Center

The Minister of Health, Mr. Sidi Ould Zahaf, accompanied by a delegation from the World bank currently visiting our country, visited on Monday Teyarett Health center in the northern region of Nouakchott. This visit is part of the follow-up on the vaccination campaign and the level of turnout. It also aims to urge citizens to get vaccinated to reach the targeted goals. In a statement to the Mauritanian News Agency, the minister of health expressed his happiness to receive the delegation of the World Bank, which is an important partner that always showed his readiness to support Mauritania particularly since the outbreak of the Covid-19 Pandemic He added that Mauritania is deeply grateful for the efforts made by the World Bank manifested in funding and technical assistance, which helped minimize the losses and negative repercussions of the pandemic. On her part, World Bank’s Vice President for Human Development, Ms. Mamta Murthi, said that she is happy to be here on behalf of the World Bank and that the visit is in connection with the health investment that the world bank is making in an attempt to bring Covid-19 under control. She congratulated the minister of health on the vaccination campaign, which resulted in 40 percent of the target population receiving at least one dose of vaccines.