State of the Art ALFA

Senegalese Women’s Center

Health Care
Centers
Partnered with
HALFAPublic/Private

ALFA
1. Team: Ob/Gyn Surgeon, Anesthesiologist, Women’s
Pediatric rescuscitation team, 5 midwives, 5
Nurse Practitioners, 3 lab/passport Health Core
techniciens Team
2. Services: Basic Obstetric care including
vaginal and operative vaginal delivery,
urgent none scheduled surgery including c-
sections, Family Planning, Colposcopy,
Brigade
d’Urgence
1. Home Team: Manage unstable patients and
emergencies that are brought in including
maternal-fetal emergencies
2. Mobile Team: 911 service, stabilization and
transportation to nearest center able to
address the complication

1. Inpatient OB with MFM

2. Inpatient Gyn
3. ICU
4. Gyn Oncology, Urogynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology outpatient referral
clinics
5. Operating Suites, General OR and Outpatient OR
6. Telemedicine Conference with US Based Hospital
7. Training Center for national ALFA teams and Brigade d/urgence
8. Simulation Center for medical school and Research Division
9. Quality Improvement

HALFA Community Technicians model:

1.Role: Preventative Medicine —
>Vaccinations, prenatal care, annual exams,
Diagnostic testing (urine, infection vaginal
swabs, blood sugar, lab collection), identify
ALFA Community high risk pregnancies, Pap smears, fetal
Techs 1:250 doptones, Issue Health Passport Chips*,
women (12, 800 referral for facility PE, tests, or higher level
care, Heath Education sessions
Techs) 2. Supplies: Portable Pelvic Examiner*, Head
lamp, Pap supplies, Lab collection supplies,
Portable computer, Mammograms, ultrasound
1. Trained community health technicians who provide preventative care at designated
sites 7 days a month
2. Coordination with local health posts, health centers or regional hospitals through
designated local health partners for continued follow up for any medical conditions
identified with direct technical and equipment support provided by the designated
health technicians. These technicians in turn are supported by physicians who
3.
review medical management of patients remotely.
Systematic medical training of health care technicians at the HALFA headquarters
in preventative screening for women, prenatal care, high risk deliveries, and other
medical treatments when not at their designated sites with required maintenance of
expertise.
4. Free transportation of patients to the HALFA headquarters or other facility in the
Senegalese health system network to address specific complications or health
needs identified. Care at these sites will be subsided to various levels through the
HALFA foundation for those in need.
5. Coordination with the national health care systems both public and private to
ensure that patients across the country are aware of and have access to all
medical services available across the country.