Spotlight on Senegal (2022)

During the past nearly two decades, Senegal has cut its malaria cases by 73 percent and its death rate from the disease among children under five by 90 percent. Senegal’s progress is an inspiring public health story, resulting from three major success factors: (1) excellent leadership and partner engagement; (2) the achievement and maintenance of high intervention coverage levels; and (3) a thriving data culture, which has been boosted by the country’s pioneering use of information systems to unlock increased access to health data. Senegalese community health workers deliver preventive and curative services using digital tools to record health data from their daily tasks.

Learn more in this spotlight on Senegal’s success in applying digital health tools to bolster its community health system.