Contributions to the City's Public Health Program

Saint-Louis, a city in northern Senegal near the Mauritanian border, serves as a healthcare reference point for the region: deputies have highlighted that populations from neighboring countries like Mauritania come here for care. The regional hospital center, housed in a historic hospital over a century old, is in great difficulty: the mayor has deemed its state of disrepair unacceptable, and the construction of a new university hospital (level 4, then level 5 as requested by parliamentarians) is still awaited. Progress has been made: in June 2026, the region received its first forensic doctor, which will prevent the transfer of bodies to Dakar, over 200 km away, and a mortuary cabinet was donated to the hospital by the And Deekil Ndar association. Significant needs remain for medical equipment (including imaging), service rehabilitation, and prevention (hygiene, epidemics like Rift Valley fever). This mission mobilizes the Saint-Louis diaspora to finance equipment and the rehabilitation of health services, provide medical and hospital management expertise, and support advocacy for a modern hospital. It relies on local associations like And Deekil Ndar and works in coordination with the city council, the Regional Health Directorate, and the hospital management.