• MedSen digitizes and centralizes student health records to replace fragmented paper-based systems.
• The platform enables real-time monitoring of school health data at local, regional, and national levels.
• Founder Ndeye-Talla Dioum brings experience from European tech and financial institutions to scale the solution.

Ndeye-Talla Dioum, a Senegalese computer engineer and entrepreneur, founded and leads MedSen, a company that leverages technology to improve student health monitoring nationwide. She launched the company in 2021 to address persistent inefficiencies in school healthcare delivery.

MedSen offers a digital platform dedicated to school health, with the stated goal of ensuring equitable access to care for every child. The company built its solution on a critical observation: despite the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990, “the school health system remains fragmented, relying largely on manual processes and paper records,” the startup said.

The platform aggregates each student’s health information into a single digital record. It compiles health assessments, vaccination records, medical consultations, and referrals into one system. As a result, stakeholders gain a unified and structured view of each child’s medical history.

In addition, MedSen integrates real-time monitoring tools that provide a comprehensive overview of school health indicators at local, regional, and national levels. These tools allow decision-makers to track trends, allocate resources, and respond more effectively to emerging health needs.

MedSen also supports the planning and monitoring of preventive health initiatives, including vaccination campaigns and screenings for vision, hearing, oral health, and nutrition. The platform strengthens coordination by streamlining communication between schools and school health services through a request and intervention management system.

Consequently, the solution improves both preventive care delivery and operational efficiency within the school health ecosystem.

Ndeye-Talla Dioum earned an engineering degree in information technology from CentraleSupélec in France in 2010. She started her career the same year as a software research and development engineer at Amadeus IT Group.

She later joined Bâloise Assurances Luxembourg in 2016 as a business analyst and developer. In 2017, she moved to Banque Internationale à Luxembourg as an IT business analyst. From 2018 to 2021, she worked as a functional and IT analyst at BNP Paribas Cardif. She subsequently leveraged this international experience to build and scale MedSen.

This article was initially published in French by Melchior Koba

Adapted in English by Ange J.A de Berry Quenum