Project E holds community feedback meeting in Nouakchott, Mauritania
April 26th, 2016
On the 21st to the 22nd of April, TDR/IDRC Project E held a community feedback meeting in Nouakchott, Mauritania. A number of stakeholders attended the meeting. Attendees included the mayor of Kaedi, Dr Jean Pierre Baptiste (WHO Representative), the General Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the General Secretary of the Ministry of Health, the President of the University of Nouakchott, the Prefect of Kaedi, researchers from the project and the Co-PI of the project in Mauritania.
The main objective of this meeting was to share research results with stakeholders in order to propose solutions to increase the resilience to malaria and schistosomiasis. The specific objectives were:
- Present and discuss the results obtained to date with the stakeholders present
- Propose solutions for community resilience
- Develop a budget for research uptake activities to be conducted during year three of the project
The local WHO office produced a newsletter on this event. To view the newsletter (in French), click here.
A similar meeting was held in Côte d’Ivoire in 2015 with stakeholders specific to the research being conducted in Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire. Find out more about the workshop held at Centre Suisse De Recherches Scientifiques.
Speakers at the community feedback meeting in Nouakchott, Mauritania. From left: Prof. Brama Kone (Project B Principal Investigator), the mayor of Kaedi, Dr Jean Pierre Baptiste (WHO Representative), the General Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the General Secretary of the Ministry of Health, the President of the University of Nouakchott, the Prefect of Kaedi and the Co-PI of the project in Mauritania.
