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The college of workers’ delegates at Dakar’s Hôpital Principal is challenging a plan for the autonomous management of the Dakar International Polyclinic. The inter-union body fears staff and equipment transfers that could, it says, weaken the hospital.
In Jaxaay, residents are denouncing the lack of healthcare facilities as they await the opening of the municipal hospital. Work, resumed in January 2025 according to Dakaractu, was still under way in early September 2026, with completion announced for March 2027.
The inter-union body representing workers at Ziguinchor’s Peace Hospital has announced a series of strikes during September, according to PressAfrik. The available information does not specify the arrangements or demands.
The Autonomous Union of Doctors, Pharmacists and Dental Surgeons of Senegal plans a work stoppage on September 8 and 9. Minimum services and emergency care are to be maintained during the action.
The Autonomous Union of Doctors, Pharmacists and Dental Surgeons of Senegal (Sames) has announced a total strike scheduled for September 8 and 9, according to PressAfrik. The outlet says the union has also set conditions, without detailing them in the information available.
The Autonomous Union of Doctors of Senegal (SAMES) is set to observe a 48-hour total strike on Tuesday, September 8, and Wednesday, September 9, according to Ndarinfo Saint-Louis. The source says the action could paralyse the health sector.
Senegal’s Autonomous Union of Doctors, Pharmacists and Dental Surgeons plans a 48-hour work stoppage on Tuesday, September 8, and Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Emergency services and a minimum service are expected to be maintained, according to the union.
Professor Moussa Seydi has announced the end of the Health and Research Organization (HeRO) foundation project, which was designed to provide lasting support to the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department at Fann Hospital. He cites the lack of progress in his efforts and intends to continue supporting the department outside the originally planned framework.
The Autonomous Union of Doctors of Senegal has announced a 48-hour work stoppage on September 8 and 9. Emergency care and minimum services are nevertheless to be maintained in health facilities.
Health union members have made demands concerning Ziguinchor’s Hôpital de la Paix. They are calling in particular for an incinerator to be installed and for the facility to be renovated.
Prof. Moussa Seydi has announced the end of plans to establish the Health and Research Organization (HeRO) foundation, which was intended in particular to support the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department at Fann Hospital. The head physician of the SMIT cites bureaucratic inertia, while saying he intends to continue concrete actions in support of the department.
The Guédiawaye district recorded its first case of diphtheria, identified on 27 August 2026 in a 12-year-old child. The information was reported by PressAfrik.
Minors detained at the Hann Remand and Correctional Facility benefited from a health initiative led by MONCAP SANTÉ and volunteer medical professionals. Consultations, screenings, specialised care, medicines and prevention activities were on the programme.
Armed Forces Minister Yankoba Diémé has announced plans for a Level 2 military hospital in Bignona. He also discussed several infrastructure projects in Fogny, including the Bignona-Djibidione road and the Sindian health centre.