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Marta Marañón Medina, general director of Fundación Recover, and Nery Villalobos, program coordinator, recently carried out a mission in the north of Mauritania, in the town of Bir Moghrein, a border area with Western Sahara.
During the visit, they were able to witness first-hand the living conditions of the nomadic desert population, which mainly depends on the livestock of camels and goats and lives in tents. Also, accompanied by the NGO Human Coop, they visited the Bir Moghrein health center with the aim of exploring possible synergies to improve healthcare in this region.
The mission took place within the framework of a medical caravan led by the president of Human Coop, Ignacio Calatayud, and was supported by 25 Spanish volunteers from various specialties, the Mauritanian Mohamed Salem Foundation, and a logistical team composed of Saharawi personnel.
Population > 200,000
0.5 Doctors/1000 Inhabitants
From 2025
2 health centres supported
Telemedicine, infrastructures
Incidence in 13,000 people
1,24 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants
Since 2007
71 health centres supported
Hospital management, electricity, water and sanitation infrastructure, health campaigns (child malnutrition, cervical cancer, cardiovascular risk, malaria, sickle cell disease), equipment (operating theatre, laboratory and physiotherapy equipment, X-ray machines, ultrasound machines, electrocardiograms, incubators, dental chairs, ambulances, etc.), training scholarships in Spain and Africa, telemedicine, intervention of 63 patients in Spain.
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1 Doctor/10,000 Inhabitants
Since 2007
3 health centres supported
Intervention for cardiac patients in Spain, telemedicine
Incidence in 60,000 people
0,62 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants
Since 2018
2 health centres intervened
Maternity infrastructure, drinking water, energy, ultrasound equipment, management
Incidence in 20,850 people
