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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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