Healthcare in Senegal is a center topic of discourse in understanding the well-being and vitality of the Senegalese people. As of 2008, there was a need to improve Senegal's infrastructure to promote a healthy, decent living environment for the Senegalese.[1]
Additionally, the country needs more doctors and health personnel, particularly general practitioners, gynecologists, obstetricians, pediatricians, pulmonologist, and cardiologists. In fact, Senegal has seven doctors per 100,000 citizens, while 32% of rural citizens have no access to medical care at all.[2][3] Moreover, there is a strong need to have more of these personnel in rural areas: in 2008, Senegal had only twenty full-fledged hospitals, seven of which are in Dakar.[4]
From approximately 1905 to the present, there have been significant shifts in Senegal's healthcare system, the system's structures, specific diseases that are problematic in Senegal, as well as issues affecting women and children and access to healthcare in the country. As of 2019, there were 1,347 medical facilities, including 20 major hospitals.[5]
- ^ Badji, Marie Suzanne, and Dorothee Boccanfuso. "Nutritional Health of the Children in Senegal: A Comparative Analysis." Journal of African Development 3, no. 1 (Spring 2008): 71-103. EconLit with Full Text, EBSCOhost (accessed February 21, 2013).
- ^ "Physicians (per 1,000 people) - Senegal | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ "A New Platform to Improve Health Care in Senegal". BORGEN. 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ The Report: Senegal 2008. Oxford Business Group. 2008. ISBN 978-1-902339-87-0.
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