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Health in Senegal

Favorite thing: Senegal is one of the most confortable countries in West Africa and you will not feel like you'll be under attack by any serious virus at every second.
Senegal it's mostly dry and seasonally mild and its health care system is not very bad if you need somthing, big cities will surely help you out decently.

Treatments and vaccines you may have to take before you go to West Africa and diseases you can find:

Typhoid
Malaria treatment (prophylaxis)
Yellow Fever
Bilharzia
Diphtheria
Arbovirus
AIDS
Cholera
Cholera inoculation
Polio
Tetanus
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Trypanosomiasis or "sleeping sickness"

Fondest memory: Info taken from Lonely Planet book on West Africa

Eating and drinking in Senegal

Favorite thing: Senegal has some of West Africa's best food, giving opportunities for everything from serious food to dining on the street. Restaurants in the larger towns and main hotels incline towards French style, offereing a menu and a "plat du jour".
There's lots of tough steak and chips, heavy sauces and imported canned food. For a menu expect to pay CFA4500-6000, and upward od CFA3500 for the "plat". Thera re some french restaurants and many typical Senegalese ones.

Fondest memory: Info taken from Lonely Planet book on West Africa

People in Senegal

Favorite thing: Senegal is a multi-ethnic country. Wolof is the dominating ethnic group in Senegal and the officl language of the country is also Wolof.

Fondest memory: The first muslims in the country were called Tukulor who are closely related to Fula. There are also another ethnic group in Senegal called mandinka which were converte to Islam before Wolof people did. In the Southwest of the country you will find the Serer people and the Jola people which rsisted Islam until the last century. In Casamance regio nyou have ethnic groups like Diola, Bassari, Bainuk, Konyagi and Jolenke.