Chinese Government provides MUR 746 million grant for National Public Health Institute (INRSP) Expansion and Upgrade Project

On May 17, 2017, the Chinese Government completed a feasibility study for National Public Health Institute (CNRSP) Expansion and Upgrade Project. China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) subsequently issued a grant for the National Public Health Institute (CNRSP) Expansion and Upgrade Project. Then, on October 30, 2019, the Chinese Government and the Government of Mauritania signed a grant agreement worth 746,000,000 new ouguiyas (7.46 billion old ouguiyas) for the National Public Health Institute (CNRSP) Expansion and Upgrade Project. The purpose of this project is to construct a new headquarters for the National Public Health Institute (Institut national de recherches en santé publique or CNRSP or INRSP) in Nouakchott. The facility will included a main building, three auxiliary buildings, a storage area, laboratories for bacterial diagnosis, parasitic virology, molecular biology and quality control (water and food), outdoor squares, roads, parking lots, and walls. China Aviation Planning and Design Institute Limited (also known as China Aviation Planification Co. Ltd) is the contractor responsible for project design. Jiangsu Zhongnan Construction Co. Ltd. (also known as Jiangsu Zhongnan Construction Industry Group Co., Ltd. or 江苏中南建筑产业集团有限责任公司) is the contractor responsible for implementation. Between October 10, 2019 and November 5, 2019, China Aviation Planning and Design Institute Limited dispatched a team to Mauritania to conduct project preparation activities. A project implementation agreement was signed on October 30, 2019. MOFCOM then issued a construction contract to Jiangsu Zhongnan Construction Co. Ltd. on December 17, 2020. A formal groundbreaking ceremony took place on August 31, 2021. Since the start of construction, on-site measurement, excavation, and site leveling activities have been carried out. The first concrete was successfully poured on September 16, 2021. The project is scheduled to reach completion on or around October 1, 2023.

Additional details

1. The Chinese project title is 援毛里塔尼亚国家公共卫生研究院扩建和升级改造项目 or 毛里塔尼亚国家公共卫生研究院扩建和升级改造项目 or 毛里塔尼亚国家公共卫生研究院扩建和升级改造项目. The French project title is projet de construction de l’INRSP or la construction d'un bloc pour le service des maladies tropicales et infectieuses or la construction du Centre pour les maladies infectieuses. 2. The current ouguiya was introduced in 2018, replacing the old ouguiya at a rate of 1 new ouguiya = 10 old ouguiya.

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