In 1989, the Population Council established a regional office
for West and Central Africa in Dakar. With the consolidation of
the Council’s regional structure in Africa in 2002, the Senegal
office is no longer a regional office, but continues to support
activities in francophone West African countries, including
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Mali.
Reproductive health and family planning have been the main
focus of the Council’s work in Senegal. Projects have sought to
increase access to and improve the quality of services related
to community-based distribution of family planning products,
reproductive health services for young people, prevention of
female genital cutting, expanding contraceptive choice,
supporting the African forum on emergency contraception (ECafrique),
introducing and decentralizing postabortion care, and using
systematic screening to increase integration of reproductive
health service delivery in Senegal. The HIV pandemic has also
been addressed by improving health-care services for men who
have sex with men and assessing and planning promotion of male
and female condom use. An underlying theme of the office’s
portfolio is strengthening the capacity of individuals and
institutions to conduct operations research, program monitoring
and evaluation, and implementing evidence-based interventions,
in addition to improving women’s well-being by increasing their
access to services, fostering their empowerment, and reducing
harmful practices and behaviors.
- Assisted in the establishment of the Dakar-based Regional Centre for
Training and Research in Reproductive Health (CEFOREP), which provides
clinical training to health professionals conducting research in
reproductive health.
- Influenced programs to prevent female genital cutting throughout
Africa by providing evidence-based results on what works and what
doesn’t.
- Assisted the Ministry of Health in developing norms and standards
for postabortion care, adolescent health, community-based services,
female genital cutting, and emergency contraception.
- Assisted the Ministry of Health in refocusing programming for
increased female and male condom use.
- Effected policy change in Senegal to reorient the reproductive
health program toward adolescent health. (more)
Current Projects
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HIV and AIDS
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Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health
Needs of People Living with HIV in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Liberia, Mauritania, and Sierra Leone (12/07–8/08)
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Reproductive Health
Completed Projects
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Fast Facts |
| Population (millions)
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12 |
| Total fertility rate |
5.1 |
Infant deaths per
1,000 live births |
83 |
Maternal deaths per
100,000 live births |
690 |
Girls aged 20–24 married
by age 18 (%)
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36 |
| HIV/AIDS prevalence (%) |
0.8 |
| Living below US $2 per day (%) |
63 |
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In honor of International
Women's Day, 8 March, Council researchers Maryam Sheikh Abdi and
Nafissatou Diop were featured "Women Making a Difference" on USAID's Web
site. (offsite
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Publications/Resources |
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“Evaluation of the long-term impact of the TOSTAN programme on the
abandonment of FGM/C and early marriage: Results from a qualitative
study in Senegal" (2008) (PDF)
"Improving communication between parents and adolescents on reproductive
health and HIV/AIDS" (2008) (PDF)
“Implementing STI/HIV prevention and care interventions for men who have
sex with men in Dakar, Senegal” (2007) (PDF)
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