World Bank donates Togo laboratory equipment worth $1.6m

Togo took delivery Thursday January 11 of laboratory equipment valued at $1.6 million, donated by the World Bank to bolster performance of 18 district hospitals.

The donation, the Health Ministry said is in line with the implementation of the project to strengthen emergency preparedness and response to Covid-19.

The equipment is made of laboratory refrigerators, freezers, binocular optical microscopes, dry heat sterilizers, differential cell counters, precision balances, universal ovens, and micropipettes.

The items will help beef up diagnostic and detection capabilities of hospital laboratories, as well as improving the quality of care.

The donation is provided in the framework of monitoring diseases with epidemic potential and enable Togo’s healthcare system to detect them at an early stage.