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A day in the life of Kolda Regional Hospital in Senegal

Kolda Regional Hospital in Senegal © RFI/ Ophélie LAHCCEN

By: Caroline Paré Follow

Priorité Santé shares an ordinary day from morning to evening with the patients and families who call on the healthcare teams at the Kolda regional hospital.

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Emergencies, consultations with specialists, maternity… How does this regional care structure, which offers a diversified offer, work?

What are the working conditions of the personnel and the limits in terms of equipment and/or maintenance?

How are users welcomed and taken care of and how do they perceive their financial access to health?

Report by

Caroline Paré

and

Ophélie Lahccen

, directed by

Victor UHL

.

Issue relocated to Kolda in Casamance, Senegal.

The

French Muskoka Fund

works to improve the health and well-being of women, newborns, children and adolescents by strengthening health systems by mobilizing the complementary expertise of four United Nations agencies

:

WHO

,

UN Women

,

UNFPA

and

UNICEF.

The French Muskoka Fund operates in nine West and Central African countries.

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  • Health and medicine

  • Senegal

  • Casamance

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