CRCF — Centre Régional de Recherche et de Formation à la Prise en Charge Clinique
Centre Régional de Recherche et de Formation à la Prise en Charge Clinique de Fann
Public sexual health clinic · Dakar, Senegal
Can I go now?
Contact the clinic to arrange a visit
Phone +221 33 869 81 88 or email the centre; it sits on the Fann hospital campus.
Can a visitor use it?
Check with the clinic before you go — The centre does not say whether people visiting Senegal can be seen; phone before you go.
About
The HIV clinic inside Fann teaching hospital in Dakar, where more than five hundred patients are followed, with doctor's appointments every weekday and a pharmacy that dispenses antiretrovirals daily — the clearest route in the city for a traveller who runs out of HIV medication.
- Specialises in
- People living with HIV
This clinic doesn’t advertise itself as LGBTQ+ friendly. Most clinics don’t, so this isn’t a sign that it’s unwelcoming. If you’ve been, tell us how you were treated.
Services
Booking, access & languages
Phone +221 33 869 81 88 or email the centre; it sits on the Fann hospital campus.
Languages: French — The centre's site is in French; French is Senegal's official language and Wolof is widely spoken.
Cost
Ask the clinic about prices before you’re tested.
Prices are shown in the local currency as stated by the source on the date shown. “Consultation” is often charged separately from tests.
Senegal: good to know
- Legal & safety. Same-sex sexual activity is criminalised in Senegal. The Human Dignity Trust records that article 319 of the Penal Code 1965 covers acts described as unnatural, between men and between women, with a maximum penalty of ten years' imprisonment.Published by Human Dignity Trust· 22 Sep 2026
Emergency number: 1515
Sources & last checked
Last checked 22 Sep 2026.
- e1 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · www.crcf.sn — Centre home page: located at Hôpital Fann, Dakar; postal box 45690 Dakar Fann; phone and email; described as a regional centre for research and training in clinical care, with care and medico-social support for people living with HIV.
- e2 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · crcf.sn — Care page: consultations for the care and follow-up of people living with HIV from Monday to Friday, an adolescent clinic once a week, a geriatric clinic every day, pharmacists dispensing antiretrovirals daily, laboratory services and psycho-social support; more than 500 patients are followed at the centre.
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