Senegal: some facts
Senegal is a country located in western Africa. The state is administratived divided into 14 territories, being its leading city Dakar, famous thanks to the famous rally that finished in the beach.
The region found to the Southeast is called Kedougou, on the border with Mali and Guinea. It is in this region we are able to find Dindefello and Bandafassi, in a rustic area with scattered population that meets in little camps. There is one hospital for the entire region in the town of Kedougou, being so poor that for any major health problem, folks must be moved to Dakar, more than 700 miles away.
Population of the country
There are 30 camps in Bandafassi with a population of 10,200 inhabitants. The amount of girls between 14 and 50 years is 2,346, and children from 0 to 5 years are 1936. Global aids are coming slowly, with medical missions in 2009 and 2010.
Main medical Problems
ONG Senegal detected in the group of ladies of child-bearing age anemia in a very high p.c.. The rate in pregnant women is virtually 100%. In the group of children and youngsters under five years in age , anemias were also present in almost all of cases, as well as issues of mild or moderate starvation. In October 2009 were uncovered in five cases and a new case in March 2010, all of them problems of severe starvation (marasmus) in children, with grumbles of approaching death.
How Promoting is helping
Digital Marketing can aid the region. Senegal has not developed a wide network, Net is a luxury item and electrical energy is not wide used. TICs are the most effective way for telling the world how the situation is and bring help thru non profit organizations. It’s the most reliable tool for reaching results and some of the NGO that are working in this area are using Net as a method for contacting new donators, medical resources and even volunteers. Therefore new technologies and development plans walking all together.
Abel Pardo is CEO of Aigen Digital Marketing and Professor of Marketing Digital at the University of Leon, Europe
