JICA private sector partnership: needs survey on health in Casamance, Senegal, selected
The “Needs Survey on ICT Equipment for Health Awareness at Health Posts in the Casamance Region of Senegal” has been selected under the FY2025 SME and SDGs Business Support Programme (JICA Biz) of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
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The project was selected as a JICA Biz “Needs Survey”. It covers health posts in the Casamance region in southern Senegal. The survey will identify field needs for ICT equipment and digital tools in health care. It will test them with a view to future deployment and commercialisation.
Key points of the survey
- Field: health care
- Area: Casamance region, Republic of Senegal
- Content: identifying and testing the needs for ICT equipment and digital tools at health posts
From 2018 to 2019, the Company worked with the Ministry of Health of Senegal. As its own independent project, it installed the TUMIQUI Smart Kit at 10 rural health posts. This set up basic electricity and ICT at these posts. It made night-time consultations possible and allowed basic medical work to continue.
A health post equipped in 2018
Difference in lighting in the consultation room
The approach that improved school results is planned to be applied to health
The survey builds on this track record. It will apply the Company’s know-how in digital teaching material and video from the education sector to health care. It will look at how training and information can be provided at health posts. Specific uses include training for doctors and nurses and health and hygiene education for patients and local residents. With these uses in mind, the survey will check the right equipment configuration, operating methods, acceptance and sustainability.
In unelectrified rural villages, the lack of power often makes digital equipment hard to use. Necessary information and learning then do not reach people. The survey aims to understand, based on actual conditions, what effects digital equipment can have once electricity and ICT are in place. It will look at effects on daily work, training and residents’ understanding.
The findings will be used to build a sustainable model for introducing and operating equipment in health care, and for the next stage. The Company will continue to help strengthen health systems in developing countries through field-based technology and public-private partnership.