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06 February 2025
Senegal is getting ready to take a new step in the modernization of its health system with a bill aimed at regulating e-health, according to Ibrahima Khaliloulah Dia, coordinator of the Digital Health Unit at the Ministry of Health and Social Action.
“Digital health has become a strong priority in Senegal. We have the new authorities who have decided on the digital transformation of the administration, including health. We have started to deploy services for the populations because we have a software called DPUP (Shared Single Patient File), a hospital information system that we have deployed at the Abass Ndao hospital in Dakar and at the Kaffrine hospital. We are still testing the system,” said Khaliloulah Dia.
This initiative is part of the National Program for the Digitalization of the Health System (PDSS). Supported to the tune of 27.6 billion FCFA by the World Bank, it aims to improve the quality and access to health care, as well as health governance through digitalization.
