Benin – Opening of the LNCQM extension

12/20/2010

Co-funded by Fondation Chirac and Fondation Pierre Fabre, the extension of the national drug quality control laboratory (LNCQM) in Cotonou (Benin) is now complete.

The official opening took place on Monday, 20 December 2010, in the presence of many guests.

Bénin - L'extension du LNCQM inaugurée

The extension of the national drug quality control laboratory (LNCQM) in Cotonou (Benin) was officially opened on Monday, 20 December 2010, in the presence of Benin’s Minister of Health, representatives from the French Embassy and many Beninese and French personalities.

After the first phase of renovation, Fondation Chirac and Fondation Pierre Fabre chose to join forces with Benin’s Ministry of Health to create an extension for this structure that would serve primarily to meet the standards set by the World Health Organisation in the quality assurance and control.