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Review of existingpublic policiesrelated to MHMThe review of public policies included key policy documents and sectoral policiesfor water, sanitation, hygiene, health and education. These documents have beenanalysed and departmental heads, decision-makers and staff at national and locallevels interviewed.The Millennium Drinking Water and Sanitation Programme (PEPAM)As emphasized in the sectoral policy paper on water and sanitation in urban andrural areas, 17 the National Millennium Drinking Water and Sanitation Programme(PEPAM) is the programmatic framework within which all actions carried out inSenegal to do with drinking water and sanitation in the urban and rural setting mustfit and through which the government of Senegal intends to achieve related MDGsby 2015.In the field of drinking water, the goal is universal access in urban areas and an82% access rate in rural areas. For sanitation, Senegal has set itself the goal of a 78%access rate in urban areas and 59% in rural areas.Funding requirements between 2005 and 2015 to achieve this are estimated overallat FCFA 274 billion for the rural component and FCFA 241 billion for the urbancomponent. 18 For this, PEPAM has, in particular, the sectoral policy paper fordrinking water and sanitation in the urban and rural setting, signed on 15 July2005, which formalizes the programmatic approach of PEPAM and its strategicorientations. According to PEPAM, MDGs in the water subsector have been metoverall in Senegal, while sanitation MDGs are out of reach.Neither the sectoral policy paper nor the sanitation strategy address the issue ofmenstrual hygiene.Review of existing public policies related to MHM17 Sectoral policy paper on water and sanitation in urban and rural settings, Republic of Senegal (Ministryof Agriculture and Water, Ministry of Prevention, Public Health and Sanitation, Ministry of Planning andSustainable Development, Finance Ministry), June 2005 http://www.pepam.gouv.sn/docs/lpsepa_fr.pdf18 Ibid.21