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Health success stories

Read these articles about USAID/Senegal's activities in health:

Maternal and Child Health Game Reduces Pregnancy Risks

Micro-Gardens Allow Families in Senegal to Plant Self-Sustaining Seeds for Life

PMI in Senegal: Excusez-moi, monsieur; can I spray your house?

PMI protects 700,000 Senegalese in malaria battle

Kolda’s new mutual health organization makes care accessible, affordable

Senegal strings up, treats nearly 615,000 PMI bednets

Fighting HIV/AIDS in Senegal: First woman strikes out to promote condom sales

Garden provides income, perspective for people living with HIV

Helping prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS among men at risk

Vouching for bednets: Senegal beats back malaria with a deadly featherweight

Expanding the mosquito net’s reach (PDF file, 398 kb)

Rural health huts provide crucial care
Village-level services in Senegal boost child, maternal health

Rural health huts provide crucial care (PDF file, 396 kb)

Improving health conditions
In Senegal, communities plan and finance their own health care

Putting health care into people’s hands (PDF file, 448 kb)

Fighting pneumonia in Senegal:
Community health approach will save thousands of lives

Tackling pneumonia, village by village (PDF file, 454 kb)

Driving home the point in Senegal: AIDS kills

Driving home the point on HIV/AIDS (PDF file, 416 kb)

Self-esteem, new skills turn sex worker into peer educator

From being trapped, to being a trainer (PDF file, 400 kb)

Religious leaders spread word on birth spacing, HIV/AIDS

Women's groups net profits while fighting malaria

Women fight malaria and earn more (PDF file, 563 kb)

Youth line up for HIV tests at USAID-backed center

Youth line up for HIV tests (PDF file, 501 kb)

Watching children grow in Senegal

Helping children grow up strong (PDF file, 572 kb)

Community tackles infant mortality

A community tackles infant mortality (PDF file, 549 kb)

Reducing child mortality in the first few days of life

Saving Senegal's newborns (PDF file, 75 kb)

Combating HIV/AIDS in the urban jungle

Senegalese communities unite to improve health services

USAID initiative brings rural health care closer to home

Bringing healthcare closer to home (PDF file, 63 kb)

MTV inspires radio AIDS education (PDF file, 486 kb, external site)

A mother awaits medical attention outside the medical center in Khombole. Photo: Richard Nyberg, USAID
Children perform a skit about malaria prevention using USAID-subsidized insecticide-treated bednets. Photo: Richard Nyberg, USAID
Read the health fact sheet

Supporting Senegal’s fight against HIV/AIDS since 1987

PMI in Senegal (142 kb, PDF)

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