ORS/Zinc status – Senegal

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Senegal

Population: 16.74m (2020)
Area: 196,722 sqkm

Diarrhoea deaths: 3,000 (2019)

ORS coverage: 26% (2019)

ORS + Zinc coverage: 19% (2019)

National EML download: [not yet found]

National policy
ORS+Zinc in National Clinical Guidelines
❓ National Essential Medicines List last updated in [year not currently known]
ORS included in the National Essential Medicines List
Zinc included in the National Essential Medicines List
Co-packaged ORS & Zinc included in the National Essential Medicines List (since before 2018)

Zinc availability
✅ Zinc available “over the counter”
❌ But retailers need for a licence to sell Zinc from the Government or Regulator

Outlets for Zinc tablets:
✅ Pharmacies
✅ Drug stores/shops [needs verification]
❌ Supermarkets
❌ General retail outlets
✅ Community Health Workers
❌ Door-to-door sales people
✅ Government hospitals/clinics
✅ Private hospitals/clinics
✅ Campaigns and outreach

Co-pack availability
✅ Co-packaged ORS and Zinc available

Outlets for co-packaged ORS and Zinc tablets:
✅ Pharmacies [needs verification]
✅ Drug stores/shops [needs verification]
❌ Supermarkets
❌ General retail outlets
✅ Community Health Workers
❌ Door-to-door sales people
✅ Government hospitals/clinics
✅ Private hospitals/clinics [needs verification]
✅ Campaigns and outreach
✅ Other: public health centres and health posts. Government medical stores

Co-packaged ORS and Zinc brands (may not be exhaustive)
Generic

Co-packaged ORS and Zinc manufacturers (may not be exhaustive)
None

Co-pack costs
Typical cost of a ORS/Zinc co-pack in the PUBLIC sector
Free of charge [needs verification – one respondent said 420 CFA (USD 0.67 – Jun-2022)
Typical cost of a ORS/Zinc co-pack in the PRIVATE sector
1200 CFA (USD 1.91 – Jun-2022)

Diarrhoea programmes currently on-going

 

Name Organisation Funder Diarrhoea specific Target area
Nutrition International Nutrition International Canada Yes National
Programme survie de l’enfant Ministere de la sante et de l’action sociale UNICEF No National
PECADOM Integree PNLP Global Fund No National

 

Additional information
None

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