Niger - Local Health Care Sector Improvement Project in the Departments of Maradi and Diffa

The Local Health Care Sector Improvement Project in the Departments of Maradi and Diffa is the second Bank project in the health sector in Niger. The project is in line with Niger’s national health policy and that of the 1987-1991 socio-economic development plan. It will help improve the health coverage notably of the population of the two divisions concerned. The project is also in consonance with the Bank’s policy in the area health. The project, which will last five years has the following components: (i) improvement of the local healthcare sector in the Department of Maradi; (ii) improvement of the local healthcare sector in the Department of Diffa and (iii) the Project Implementation Unit.