{"id":107,"date":"2026-08-31T06:26:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T06:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pourlesyeuxdusenegal.com\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T11:10:15","slug":"la-sante-visuelle-au-senegal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pourlesyeuxdusenegal.com\/index.php\/la-sante-visuelle-au-senegal\/","title":{"rendered":"La sant\u00e9 visuelle au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Un enjeu majeur de sant\u00e9 publique<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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La sant\u00e9 visuelle constitue aujourd'hui un d\u00e9fi important au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal.
Malgr\u00e9 les progr\u00e8s r\u00e9alis\u00e9s ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es dans l'acc\u00e8s aux soins ophtalmologiques, des centaines de milliers de personnes vivent encore avec une d\u00e9ficience visuelle ou une c\u00e9cit\u00e9 qui pourraient souvent \u00eatre \u00e9vit\u00e9es ou trait\u00e9es.
Les maladies oculaires affectent fortement la qualit\u00e9 de vie, l'\u00e9ducation, l'emploi et l'autonomie des populations.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Les chiffres cl\u00e9s (fin 2025)<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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Environ 165000 personnes vivent avec la c\u00e9cit\u00e9 au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal.
Plus de 550000 personnes souffrent de d\u00e9ficience visuelle ou de malvoyance.
La pr\u00e9valence nationale de la c\u00e9cit\u00e9 est estim\u00e9e \u00e0 1,42 % de la population.
Le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal dispose d'environ 91 ophtalmologistes et de plus de 80 unit\u00e9s de soins r\u00e9parties sur le territoire. <\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Les principales causes de d\u00e9ficience visuelle<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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Les pathologies les plus fr\u00e9quemment responsables de la perte de vision au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal sont :
- La cataracte premi\u00e8re cause de c\u00e9cit\u00e9 \u00e9vitable ;
- Les d\u00e9fauts de r\u00e9fraction non corrig\u00e9s (myopie, hyperm\u00e9tropie, astigmatisme, presbytie) ;
- Le glaucome ;
- La r\u00e9tinopathie diab\u00e9tique ;
- Les s\u00e9quelles d'infections oculaires, notamment le trachome, dont l'\u00e9limination progresse significativement.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Des progr\u00e8s encourageants<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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Les campagnes nationales et les programmes de sant\u00e9 oculaire ont permis d'obtenir des r\u00e9sultats notables :
- Le nombre d'interventions chirurgicales de la cataracte est pass\u00e9 de 5112 op\u00e9rations en 2000 \u00e0 plus de 22000 op\u00e9rations par an ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es.
- Chaque r\u00e9gion administrative du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal dispose d\u00e9sormais d'au moins une structure pratiquant la chirurgie de la cataracte.
- Le trachome, autrefois deuxi\u00e8me cause de c\u00e9cit\u00e9 du pays, est aujourd'hui proche de son \u00e9limination comme probl\u00e8me de sant\u00e9 publique.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Pourquoi agir ?<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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L'Organisation mondiale de la Sant\u00e9 estime qu'une grande partie des d\u00e9ficiences visuelles peut \u00eatre pr\u00e9venue ou corrig\u00e9e gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 :
- des examens r\u00e9guliers de la vue ;
- l'acc\u00e8s aux lunettes adapt\u00e9es ;
- le d\u00e9pistage pr\u00e9coce des maladies oculaires ;
- et la chirurgie de la cataracte lorsque cela est n\u00e9cessaire.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Le co\u00fbt de la sant\u00e9 visuelle au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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Pour de nombreuses familles s\u00e9n\u00e9galaises, acc\u00e9der \u00e0 des soins oculaires de qualit\u00e9 repr\u00e9sente un v\u00e9ritable d\u00e9fi financier.
Le salaire mensuel moyen est estim\u00e9 \u00e0 126346 FCFA (192 \u20ac).
Dans ce contexte, une simple consultation ou l'achat de lunettes peut repr\u00e9senter une part importante du budget d'un foyer.
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Notre engagement<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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L'association Pour les yeux du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal \u0153uvre pour r\u00e9duire les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s d'acc\u00e8s aux soins visuels en soutenant :
- les campagnes de d\u00e9pistage visuel ;
- la distribution de lunettes adapt\u00e9es,
- la sensibilisation des populations,
- l'acc\u00e8s aux consultations sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9es,
- et le d\u00e9veloppement de partenariats locaux pour renforcer durablement la sant\u00e9 oculaire au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Un enjeu majeur de sant\u00e9 publique La sant\u00e9 visuelle constitue aujourd’hui un d\u00e9fi important au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal. Malgr\u00e9 les progr\u00e8s r\u00e9alis\u00e9s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pourlesyeuxdusenegal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pourlesyeuxdusenegal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pourlesyeuxdusenegal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pourlesyeuxdusenegal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pourlesyeuxdusenegal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/pourlesyeuxdusenegal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"https:\/\/pourlesyeuxdusenegal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pourlesyeuxdusenegal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}