The Primary Health Care System of Mauritania - A Primary Health Care Performance Initiative Assessment (English)

This report presents the findings of the Primary Health Care (PHC) assessment conducted between 2019 and 2022 by the World Bank's Primary Health Care Performance Initiative (PHCPI) in collaboration with Mauritania's Ministry of Health (MoH). This assessment of the PHC system of Mauritania uses available quantitative and qualitative evidence to analyze the PHC system's strengths and weaknesses and provides recommendations to improve coverage and quality of services. The PHCPI framework used for this assessment organizes various domains and subdomains of primary health care through a logic model approach that encompasses the traditional inputs and outputs of PHC systems, and it also places a strong focus on the processes of service delivery and performance of the PHC system. The primary healthcare system covers the delivery of essential health and nutrition services, as well as the health system’s ability to serve the entire population, including governance and cross-sectoral policy environment, financing, and socio-economic determinants of health.