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Worodougou delivers laboratory and three-classroom building

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The Worodougou Regional Council handed over an equipped medical laboratory to the Diarabana health centre and a three-classroom building to Bobi primary school. The facilities are expected to improve access to medical tests and reduce the shortage of classrooms, according to AIP.

The Worodougou Regional Council handed over the keys to a fully equipped medical laboratory at the Diarabana health centre and a three-classroom building with latrines at Bobi Public Primary School. The handover was carried out by Aboubacar Sidiki Koné, the council’s first vice-president, according to the Ivorian Press Agency (AIP).

These facilities are part of the regional council’s social infrastructure strengthening programme. In Diarabana, the laboratory is intended to enable residents to access medical tests locally, while the new building will increase the capacity of Bobi Public Primary School, according to Aboubacar Sidiki Koné.

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