Why Do We Work in Senegal?

Senegal has dire reproductive health indicators, especially for poor rural regions. Risk factors like early marriage and unattended births present high rates of childbirth complications, including obstetric fistula. There is a major backlog of women suffering from obstetric fistula living in those areas with no access to medical services.

What You Help Us Do In Senegal

We're helping fund:

• Fistula surgeries
• Fistula surgery training
• Improved referral links with local social support services and village women's groups for fistula patients before and after care
• Equipment

Where:
National Training and Fistula Reparation Center (CIRFO), Dakar
Kedougou Hospital, Kedougou
Various sites – All Terrain Ambulance Vehicles

How much funding have we granted?
CIRFO: $48,500 in FY2011
All Terrain Ambulance Vehicles: $120,000 in FY2011
Kedougou Hospital: $42,800 in FY2010

Who's our partner?
We provide direct support to these hospitals.

How will this help women in Senegal?
The goal is to significantly reduce the backlog of complicated fistula cases in Senegal with a special focus on easing the burden of those in rural settings. Providing quality fistula services and advanced fistula surgery training for surgeons and support staff.

WAHA International is developing long-term fistula and maternal health programmes in Ethiopia, Senegal, Benin, Cameroon, Somaliland and Niger. The use of all terrain ambulance vehicles in WAHA's projects will complement the treatment and training components of its programs by reducing transport delays in accessing emergency medical care.