| Abstract |
A third edition of the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) survey was implemented by the Ministry of
Health of Mauritania in 2018 with technical support from the World Health Organization (WHO). The SARA 2018 aimed
to assess the availability and operational capacity of health services to provide quality care throughout the national territory. Specifically the survey's objectives were to: assess the availability of health services in the facilities at all levels of care; measure the availability of basic equipment; assess the availability of drugs and other medical products; assess the availability of treatment guidelines and diagnostic tools; and assess the operational capacity of health facilities to provide specific health services such as child health, reproductive health, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.
The census covered 1016 public and private health facilities across the country. Data collection started in November 2018 and was completed in December 2018.
This report covers the following categories of indicators:
1.General service availability and readiness
• Basic amenities and comfort elements
• Basic equipment
• Standard precautions for infection prevention
• Diagnostic capacity
• Essential medicines
2. Service specific availability and readiness
• Family planning
• Prenatal
• Basic obstetrical care
• Comprehensive obstetric care
• Immunization services
• Preventive and curative care services for the child
• Adolescent health services
• Maternal, newborn and child health services (MNCH)
• Malaria control services
• HIV/AIDS counseling and testing services
• Tuberculosis
• HIV/AIDS care and support services
• Antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) and medical follow-up of patients
• PMTCT
• Sexually transmitted infections
• Diabetes
• Diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases
• Chronic respiratory diseases (CRI)
• Cervical cancer
• Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
• Basic surgical services
• Comprehensive surgery
• Blood transfusion
• Advanced diagnostics
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