Organization of The Health Care System
Senegal’s health system has three main parts: a central level, a regional level, and a peripheral level. The central level contains the minister’s office, branches, and related services. The regional level is the medical region, an administrative region. Lastly, the peripheral level is the health district, with each district having at least one health center and a network of smaller centers. The system has been the subject of much criticism, especially because of the increasing demands of profitability and also corruption in this part of the government as in other domains of public life. The national health system is divided into three levels: Regional hospitals, district health centers, and health posts. Even further, rural health care is divided into three parts: health centers, health posts, and health points. Health centers are at the top, with 1 to 2 medical doctors and 15-20 people as part of the health staff. Health posts are below these, with 4-5 health workers. At the lowest level are health points, which house 1-2 health agents and a midwife.
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