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Mauritanie : le tabagisme en régression avec l’application d’une loi

Legal measures drive down rates of tobacco use in Mauritania

31 May 2024

Nouakchott – Ifrah, 36, started smoking at just 13 years of age and never thought he would ever quit. Smoking was common in his home neighbourhood of Cansado in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, and he simply followed by example. “For me, smoking meant being trendy and mature. But that was just an illusion,” he says.

Mauritania’s new emergency response teams clear first hurdle

22 December 2022

Nouakchott – In late August 2022 Mauritania’s health authorities received reports of several cases of miscarriage among camel herds in the southern Boutilimit Valley region. Within less than 24 hours, three emergency teams had been dispatched to respond to the alert.

UK Med critical care emergency medical team on mission in Mauritania

29 October 2021

Ben Zaid Hospital welcomed on Monday, October 11, an emergency medical team from the UK MED, through the Secretariat Emergency Medical Team (EMT) of the World Health Organization (WHO). The deployment of this team follows a request from the Ministry of Health to support the country's efforts to manage severe cases of COVID-19 and to help strengthen the skills of local national teams.

Mauritania: champion of COVID-19 vaccination in Africa

15 October 2021

"Before, we had to go and find people willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19, now they come by themselves!" exclaims Mr Elhadi Sidi Mohamed, head of the vaccination site at the National Hospital Center in Nouakchott, Mauritania. "At the launch of the third vaccination campaign, we even had too many people here. Everyone wanted to be the first to be vaccinated.”

Minister of Health of Mauritania speaks about efforts to curb COVID-19

11 February 2021

With COVID-19 cases declining after a second wave of the pandemic in Mauritania saw an acute, fast rise, Minister of Health Minister Hon. Dr Mohamed Nedhirou Hamed shares what it took to limit the spread of the virus and the lessons learned that can be applied to an eventual COVID-19 vaccination.

Antismoking activist helping to kick the habit in Mauritania

30 May 2020

Twenty-one-year-old university student Sidi Bolle grew up being warned against smoking. He has never taken a drag on a cigarette, he says. “Tobacco kills, voila,” comes a ready response as to why he is leading a student association of antismoking campaigners.

Tackling high maternal deaths in Mauritania

06 March 2020

A cloud of dust lifted slowly off the forecourt of Sebkha health centre where an ambulance had just rushed a patient. Inside visitors milled about as nurses paced up and down the corridors. When one of the nurses passed by, an elderly woman waiting outside the delivery room sat up and asked how her daughter was doing. “Don’t worry madam,” came the reply, “your daughter will give birth safely. She’s in good hands.”

African Vaccination Week (AVW) Mauritania

23 April 2013

The AVW was launched on the 23 of April 2013, by the Secretary general in the MOH, Mr Moussa Ould Ahmednah in Atar, Adrar region, located at around 450 Km in the North of the capital city Nouakchott. The WHO and UNICEF representatives accompanied him. This region was chosen because of its persistent low performances in routine immunization.

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