Malaria Country Context
Almost all of Senegal’s roughly 15.8 million people are vulnerable to malaria. The country can be divided into two epidemiological zones: the tropical zone, with year-round transmission peaking during the rainy season and lower transmission during the rest of the year; and the Sahelian zone, with high transmission toward the end of, and immediately after, the rainy season and very low transmission during the rest of the year. The malaria parasite species Plasmodium falciparum causes the majority of infections.
Malaria is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Senegal, especially among vulnerable groups such as an estimated 3 million children less than five years of age and 600,000 pregnant women. In 2018, there were an estimated one million cases of malaria in the country. However, testing rates remain low, with the country’s health facilities reporting 396,000 confirmed malaria cases that same year.
This is PMI Impact Malaria’s geographic coverage in Senegal:

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Sources: PMI’s Senegal Country Brief, PMI’s Senegal Malaria Operational Plan FY 2020, 2019 World Malaria Report Senegal Country Profile, PMI Impact Malaria Senegal, and Senegal's NMCP