This REDACTED Project Appraisal Document is a key step in the process for awarding a new suite of projects for USAID/Senegal’s health program for 2016-2021. The proposed objectives outlined in this Project Appraisal Document summary build on the current integrated portfolio of activities that will come to an end in October 2016. 

The 2016-2021 Health Program seeks to improve the health status of Senegal’s population and make strategic investments to build country capacity and have a sustainable impact on maternal, neonatal, and child mortality and public health priorities. The long-term goal focuses on three key objectives: 

• increasing access to quality services, 
• increasing the commitment of individuals and communities in the management of their own health and health systems, and 
• improving the management and performance of the health system. 

These objectives will contribute to achieving the Government of Senegal’s Ministry of Health’s National Health Development Plan goals to: 

• reduce maternal mortality, 
• reduce under-five mortality, 
• reduce neonatal mortality, 
• increase the modern contraceptive prevalence rate, 
• reduce unmet need for contraception, and 
• reduce the prevalence of underweight children under-five. 

These goals also include improved performance of the health system for prevention and disease control plus improved sustainability and governance of the health system.

USAID/Senegal welcomes public comments about this Project Appraisal Document.  Please send them to usaidsenegalhealth2016@usaid.gov by August 31, 2015.