CSwMR

With regard to routine supplementation of vitamin A, health posts are the facilities
that most frequently offer this service (85 percent), followed by health centers (62 percent)
and hospitals and health huts (52 percent each).
In addition, there is a good distribution of all basic child health services across the
country, from 62 percent in Kolda to 100 percent in the region of Fatick. At the national
level, the availability of the three basic child health services is 80 percent for all facilities.
Table 3.7 presents the frequency of availability of two basic child health services—
curative care for sick children and growth monitoring—according to the type of facility,
managing authority, and region.
Generally, all facilities with curative care for children provide it at a frequency of five
or more days per week (97 percent), especially at the level of health posts and health centers,
and this is the case in all regions. The lowest percentage was noted in Dakar with 93 percent.
On the other hand, among the facilities that offer growth monitoring, only one health
post in two provides growth monitoring at this frequency. This service is regularly available
in very few health huts: 8 percent make it available five or more days per week, while 1
percent offers it one to two times per week.
Table 3.7 Frequency of availability of child health services–curative care and growth monitoring
Among all facilities offering outpatient curative care for sick children and growth monitoring, the percentages providing the service at the
facility at specific frequencies by background characteristics, Senegal SCSPA 2012–2013
Background
characteristics
1–2 days
per week
Outpatient curative care for sick children
3–4 days
per week
5 days and
more per
week
Number of
facilities
1–2 days
per week
Growth monitoring
3–4 days
per week
5 days and
more per
week
Number of
facilities
Facility type
Hospital 11 0 89 14 8 0 92 10
Health center 3 0 97 28 26 2 64 20
Health post 1 0 98 301 19 0 50 282
Managing authority
Public 1 0 99 297 19 0 51 274
Private 7 1 89 46 17 0 58 39
Region
Dakar 7 0 93 56 17 1 81 51
Diourbel 0 0 100 24 22 0 62 24
Fatick 0 0 100 22 30 0 18 22
Kaffrine 0 0 100 14 11 0 9 14
Kaolack 0 0 100 23 74 0 10 18
Kédougou 0 6 94 7 0 0 29 7
Kolda 0 0 100 17 7 0 73 14
Louga 0 0 100 22 6 0 87 22
Matam 0 0 100 17 18 0 76 17
Saint Louis 0 0 100 29 0 0 100 29
Sédhiou 0 0 100 12 27 0 12 11
Tambacounda 0 0 100 23 15 0 19 16
Thiès 3 0 94 47 25 0 50 44
Ziguinchor 0 0 95 29 11 0 2 25
Total 2 0 97 343 19 0 52 313
Health hut 5 0 88 72 1 0 8 65
Note: Some facilities provide the service less than one day per week; therefore, the total percentages may not add to 100 percent.
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