Senegal

• New Project Awarded to IntraHealth-led Team in Senegal

  en français In September, the United States Agency for International Development in Senegal awarded IntraHealth International a five-year, $32 million cooperative agreement to manage the Senegal Health Services Improvement Program focusing on local health providers’ clinical,...

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• Pape Gaye on Capitol Hill Meeting with US Government about the Future of Global Health and Family Planning

  IntraHealth president and CEO Pape Gaye is in Washington, DC, this week on Capitol Hill, meeting with congressional delegates and staffers to educate them about the state of reproductive health care and family planning investments in West Africa—including in Gaye’s native country,...

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• Senegalese Musicians Support an End to Early Marriage and Pregnancy

  The French language paper Agence de Presse S én égalaise reported on a recent concert by the rap artists from the Daara J. Family in Kolda, Senegal. The artists performed in support of a project led by IntraHealth International aimed at reducing the prevalence of early...

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• Senegalese Women March against FGC and Early Marriage

  The French-language paper La Sénégalese recently reported on a march scheduled for Saturday, April 9, in Kolda against female genital cutting and early marriage .  400 women are expected to participate in this march, which is being organized by IntraHealth International, in...

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• Senegal Family Planning Work Featured by USAID

  The IntraHealth-led Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health/Family Planning/Malaria project has been supporting workshops to engage Senegalese religious leaders in supporting family planning. USAID's "Telling Our Story" series recently highlighted this work . USAID also provided a French...

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• Hundreds of Senegalese Women Seek Family Planning Services During Communications Outreach

  Recently, 365 Senegalese women received family planning counseling and contraceptives, including 288 first-time users, through events sponsored by the Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health/Family Planning/Malaria Project . The week’s  activities, held in two Senegalese districts,...

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• Health Professionals Recommend Ways to Better Prevent, Treat, and Manage Obstetric Fistula

  Last month, at the 3 rd International Conference for the Society of Obstetric Fistula Surgeons in Dakar, Senegal, 300 participants from more than 30 countries outlined some concrete ways to prevent and treat obstetric fistula and assist women who have a fistula regain their health and...

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• Senegalese Nurses Trained to Offer Women More Contraceptive Options

  Over the past year, the Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health/Family Planning and Malaria Project has trained 181 nurses in rural health posts across Senegal to offer long-term contraceptive methods, such as intrauterine devices and contraceptive implants. This groundbreaking approach will make...

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• Collaboration Builds Senegalese Health Workers\' Skills to Save Women\'s Lives in Childbirth

  Recent data show that since 2007, 165,000 Senegalese women were provided with care to actively manage third-stage labor during childbirth, a potentially lifesaving intervention that can prevent postpartum hemorrhage. The care was provided through the collaborative efforts of the Senegalese...

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