Location: Senegal - Gamadji Saré

Situation:

Gamadji Saré is a rural community of 24,000 inhabitants, situated 500 km from Dakar in Saint-Louis region, in the north of the country. This is part of the semi-desert Sahel region, towards the south Sahara. The environment and the subsistence conditions are precarious. Furthermore, access to healthcare is difficult for this scattered rural  population.

Activities:

Doctors of the World (DOW) is seeking to improve the health status of Gamadji Saré inhabitants. To do so, the organisation is strengthening the human and material resources required to supervise the community cases de santé (health posts), by paying the salary of a visiting Senegalese nurse and providing medical equipment for a new health post and the cases de santé associated with it. In addition, DOW is helping to develop the skills of healthcare workers through mentoring and training (by the nurse) for the matrons.

Outlook:

We are working in partnership with a Senegalese development organisation, Asradec, which is working in Gamadji. We are also working with the district health authorities and doctor representative of DOW in Dakar. The aim is that these local partners will take over all these  medical activities to improve the quality of healthcare in this rural   community.