Senegal Sample Clauses

Senegal. There are no country-specific provisions. There are no country-specific provisions.

Senegal. The Republic of Senegal is located south of the Senegal River in Western Africa. It shares borders with The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Mauritania. Senegal has a favourable geographic position, as its capital, Dakar is located at the furthest West point on the African continent. Senegal’s close location to and ease of access from Europe and North America provide a platform for foreign investors to target the population of more than 70 million people living in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), and has fostered a young population that is in tune with global trends. Senegal has an estimated population of 13,711,597 in 2009, of which approximately 58% live in rural areas. The 15-34 age groups made up approximately 35% of the total population in 2006. Population growth is an estimated 2.079 % in 2009 (Central Intelligence Agency 2011). Senegal has experienced a steady economic growth in line with other countries in the West Africa region. Senegal made an important turnaround increasing GDP growth from 2.1% in 1993 to an average of 5% annually between 1995 and 2006. The annual inflation rate was estimated at 6.6% in 200827 and investment rose from 13.8% of GDP in 1993 to 16.5% in 1997, and 24.4% in 2008 (World Bank, 2008). GDP per capita (purchasing power parity) has been estimated at US$ 1,600 in 2006, 2007 and 2008 (World Bank, 2008). Between 2007 and 2008 however, Senegal recorded a decline in its GDP increase rate from 5.1% in 2007 to 4.5% in 2008 (World Bank, 2008). Senegal is above all an agricultural country. Approximately 77.5% of the population is employed in the agricultural sector, which however contributes only 16% to GDP (World Bank, 2008).

Senegal. Research activities are being conducted through a partnership with PATH, the Institut de Recherché pour le Développement (IRD), and Institute Pasteur de Dakar. These activities include three separate but related vaccine trials. Vaccination and follow-up activities are completed for all three trials, and analyses are underway with manuscripts anticipated in 2015–2016. children compared to those receiving a placebo. AFR—Country Contacts BURKINA FASO Head, National Influenza Reference Laboratory Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS) ▇▇▇▇-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ Research Associate Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS) ▇▇▇▇-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ Research Associate Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS) ▇▇▇▇-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ Laboratory Officer Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS) ▇▇▇▇-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇ DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) Principal Investigator Kinshasa School of Public Health Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇ Technical Director National Institute of Biomedical Research Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ Deputy Technical Director National Institute of Biomedical Research Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Email: ▇▇▇▇▇_▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇ KSPH Focal Point Kinshasa School of Public Health Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇ Laboratory Manager National Institute of Biomedical Research Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Email: ▇▇▇▇▇_▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇ ETHIOPIA Deputy Director General/Principal Investigator Center for Public Health Emergency Management Ethiopian Public Health Institute Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Email: ▇▇▇▇▇_▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇; ▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇ Influenza Laboratory Manager Center for Public Health Emergency Management Ethiopian Public Health Institute Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇_▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ Laboratory Data Manager Center for Public Health Emergency Management Ethiopian Public Health Institute Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ Surveillance Officer Center for Public Health Emergency Management Ethiopian Public Health Institute Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ Laboratory Assistant Center for Public Health Emergency Management Ethiopian Public Health Institute Addis...

Senegal. Since 2012, with the financial and technical support of DHHS and CDC, the Senegalese influenza surveillance system has been enhanced to detect additional clinical syndromes and the laboratory identification of other respiratory viruses. This improved system, now called the 4S Network, is based on reporting nonspecific indicators as epidemiological data to the healthcare authorities, and on random sampling for laboratory-based testing. The network has been expanded from three ILI sentinel sites, all in Dakar (2011), to 14 sentinel sites (2015) with two SARI sites. Weekly reports are prepared and transmitted by the Ministry of Health (MoH) to regional and district public health staff, as well as national and international partners. Notable progress in laboratory diagnostic capacity has been achieved over the past four years, and the success of this partnership has led to significant enhancements benefiting both Senegal and GISRS. The 4S Network supports other laboratories on a regional level. Laboratorians from Guinea, Togo, and Mauritania have been trained on influenza detection and identification techniques. Pasteur Institute of Dakar, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, continues to build laboratory and epidemiologic surveillance capacity to determine the burden of influenza disease. SEYCHELLES ILI and SARI surveillance in Seychelles both began in October 2013. ILI sentinel surveillance is conducted in six health care centers, four of those on the island of Mahe, one on the island of Praslin, and one on the island of La Digue. They send daily epidemiological information for several diseases including ILI. SARI sentinel surveillance is conducted in four hospitals throughout the country, two of those are on the islands of Praslin and La Digue. The sentinel sites are monitored periodically by the Disease Surveillance and Response Unit to verify registers and entry of data. They use checklists and questionnaires as evaluation tools. The Molecular Diagnostic Unit (MDU) of the Seychelles Public Health Laboratory began analyzing samples from sentinel sites in October 2013, for the detection of influenza A (H1N1, H3N2, H1N1pdm09) and influenza B viruses. The MDU successfully participated in WHO’s External Quality Assessment Project (EQAP) Panel 13. In July 2014, all sentinel hospital site staff members participated in data collection training in order to coordinate and standardize data collection (clinical illness and mortality) on SARI cases. Staff hav...

Senegal. Franco-Canadian Trade Agreement of Exchange of most-favoured-nation treat-

Senegal. In Senegal 60% of the total physicians in the country are located in the Dakar (Capital) region, which is mostly urban and constitutes 23% of the total Senegalese population. On the contrary, the Kaolack region, which is mostly rural and among poorest regions in the Senegal, is served by mere 3% of total physicians, although 11% of the total population is located in this region. (▇▇▇▇, Codjia, ▇▇▇▇, & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2010). Honda et al. noted that insecurities regarding the absence of permanent contracts, shortage and/or unavailability of equipment in the health facilities, and absence of career development opportunities are among the key factors contributing to poor rural physician retention in Senegal. (Honda et al., 2019).

Senegal. 1. Can you please share any success stories in the process of your preparation of and notification of indicative and definitive dates to avail yourself of the use of Section II Special and Differential Treatment? Did you face any challenges or difficulties? Were those difficulties resolved? 2. Did you receive support to prepare your notifications? If so, by whom? Was the support helpful? 3. In your view, which provisions of the Agreement have been easier to implement? Please explain. 4. In your view, which provisions of the Agreement have been more difficult to implement so far? What solutions proved useful in addressing the difficulties? 5. Have you notified longer time frames for the more difficult provisions to implement under categories B or C? Which provisions are notified for longer time frames? Which ones are under shorter time frames? 6. Overall, have your exporters and importers reported trade easing since the entry into force of the TFA in 2017? Have any benefits been particularly highlighted? Or remaining difficulties been identified? What are those benefits, and difficulties reported? 7. Would you like to see some improvements in the facilitation of your trade, in terms of exports into other markets, transparency of rules in those markets, the release of your goods in those other markets? Have there been problems with fees? Any problems with knowing about new rules in place for the entry of your goods into other markets? Any other issues? 8. What is, if any, your experience with mobilization of Aid for Trade for implementing category C provisions? Have you/are you due to obtain technical assistance identified as a requirement for implementing category C provisions? What are the major gaps in mobilization of technical assistance and capacity building and how can those be addressed in your view? A. The Portail d'Informations Commerciales du Sénégal, PIC (Senegal Trade Information Portal), launched in June 2018: The PIC enables all the information related to international trade procedures to be pooled together (Article 1, TFA); B. Optimization of the Privileged Partnership Framework to make the transition to the Authorized Economic Operators Programme (Article 7.7, TFA); C. Project to strengthen organizational and institutional capacities for post-clearance audit; (Article 7.5, TFA); D. Research project into fees and charges on imports and exports of goods in Senegal (Articles 6.1 and 6.2, TFA). In addition, the project to strengthen the capacitie...

Senegal. In 1995 the Senegalese government adopted an adjustment programme for the agricultural sector. The strategy to increase agricultural productivity was to promote the exports for groundnut, cotton, fruit and vegetables. The state withdrew from the provision of agricultural services, now provided by the private sector. It is worth mentioning that by 1999 there was still no official list of authorised and prohibited pesticides in Senegal. High-yielding hybrid vegetable varieties were introduced after liberalisation. But the higher yields come at a cost, as they are more expensive and more susceptible to pests and diseases. Despite rising pesticide prices, pesticide consumption increased, particularly in vegetable production, and increasing numbers of smallholders seek access to pesticides. Senegalese cotton farmers reported using four products on cotton and five products on food crops. The majority of farmers stated that they had increased the volume of applied pesticides. Active ingredients comprised endosulfan, fentitrothion and carbofuran, all having proven adverse impacts on birds. It is also worth mentioning that many cotton insecticides end up on food staples, as they are sold illicitly by cotton farmers to vegetable growers. Senegalese vegetable farmers reported using 25 different products. Active ingredients comprised endosulfan, malathion, parathion, diazinon, chlorpyrifos, carbofuran, and lindan, all having proven adverse impacts on birds. With increasing and more severe pest attacks, farmers were obliged to increase the amounts of pesticides applied on their crops (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2003 a et. al).

Senegal. The participatory workshop was held in Dakar (Senegal) from April 20th to 21th 2011 in the premises of the African Urban Management Institute (Institut Africain de Gestion Urbaine - IAGU). It started by a welcome address by ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ as the vice Executive Secretary of IAGU. This welcome address was followed by speeches of the representatives of local authorities. The IWWA programme was presented to all participants by ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ as the coordinator of Enda Ecopole. Mr. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Director of the association EVE, also made a few comments on the evolution of the programme until now. The participants introduced themselves: NGO ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇-EVE (environnement, vie et eau), IAGU, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Ecopole ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, the association of the waste pickers of Mbeubeuss dumping site (Association des récupérateurs de Mbeubeuss), the workers’ union of municipal waste workers (Syndicat des Services de nettoiement), the Secretariat of the Basel Convention, the National Agency on Waste Management (APROSEN), ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ RUP, the concessionaries, ISE, SENECLIC, the Direction of the Environment (Ministry), NGO LVIA Sénégal, the sub cities of Ouakam, Thiaroye sur mer, and the Regional Council of Matam. Some participants apologized for not being able to attend the workshop. These were CADAK and the City of Foundiougne. ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, a consultant, proposed a methodology for the working groups and the plenary sessions. After a few amendments made by the participants to the agenda, the workshop started. 2.1. State of the art