page_title: Healthcare in Senegal
hierarchical_section_title: Healthcare in Senegal
caption_attribution_description: English: Dimboli health post (Kedougou region, Senegal) Français&#160;: Poste de santé de Dimboli (District sanitaire de Kédougou, Sénégal)
context_page_description: Healthcare in Senegal is a center topic of discourse in understanding the wellbeing and vitality of the Senegalese people. Currently, there is a need to improve Senegal's infrastructure to promote a healthy, decent living environment for the Senegalese. Additionally, the country needs more doctors and health personnel, particularly general practitioners, gynecologists, obstetricians, pediatricians, and cardiologists. Moreover, there is a strong need to have more of these personnel in rural areas: as of 2008, Senegal has only twenty full-fledged hospitals, seven of which are in Dakar. 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 Senegal.
context_section_description: Healthcare in Senegal is a center topic of discourse in understanding the wellbeing and vitality of the Senegalese people. Currently, there is a need to improve Senegal's infrastructure to promote a healthy, decent living environment for the Senegalese. Additionally, the country needs more doctors and health personnel, particularly general practitioners, gynecologists, obstetricians, pediatricians, and cardiologists. Moreover, there is a strong need to have more of these personnel in rural areas: as of 2008, Senegal has only twenty full-fledged hospitals, seven of which are in Dakar. 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 Senegal.
caption: Dimboli health post (Kedougou region, Senegal), September 2009.
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