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Bolstering community approach in Guinea’s Ebola fight

01 April 2021

A few days after he referred a patient from his clinic to the regional hospital, Emmanuel Goepogui, a private practitioner in N’Zerekore prefecture in south-eastern Guinea, received a visit by a community disease surveillance team. “They came to inform me that my patient had tested positive for Ebola and that I was a direct contact,” he says.

Genome sequencing in Ebola response

01 April 2021

Studies show that the Ebola virus can persist in bodily fluids – such as semen and breast milk – of survivors for months. The recent resurgence of Ebola in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been linked to bodily fluids of survivors.

West African health ministers in joint fight against Ebola

03 March 2021

Ministers of Health from Guinea – which is combating a new Ebola outbreak – and neighbouring countries have agreed on a unified front to combat the virus that re-emerged about three weeks ago.

Ebola vaccination starts in Guinea to curb new outbreak

23 February 2021

Ebola vaccination of people at high risk kicked off today in Guinea as the emergency response was escalated to counter the spread of the virus that re-emerged in the country a little more than a week ago for the first time since 2016.

WHO steps up efforts to curb Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic o...

18 February 2021

With efforts gathering pace to promptly tackle the new Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) is deploying teams of experts to support the national authorities ramp up the response and avert widespread infections.

New Ebola outbreak declared in Guinea

14 February 2021

Health authorities in Guinea today declared an outbreak of Ebola in the rural community of Gouéké in N’Zerekore prefecture after three Ebola cases were confirmed by the national laboratory, marking the first time the disease has been reported in the country since an outbreak ended in 2016.

Overcoming COVID-19 at 99 years-old in Guinea

24 September 2020

When Bagama Guehara walked out of Donka Hospital in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, on 7 July this year, leaning on a walking stick for support, she was met with a rapturous applause from the medical staff and fellow patients.

Research leads to actions improving childbirth in Guinea

17 May 2020

When Ms. Fatoumata Binta Toure learned the results of a WHO/HRP-led study in four countries showing that more than one-third of women experienced mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities, she was not entirely surprised.

L’appui de l’OMS à la mise en place des équipes d’intervention rapide pour la vaccin...

17 April 2019

Dans le cadre de la préparation et la réponse à d’éventuelle épidémie d’Ebola en Guinée, l’Agence nationale de Sécurité sanitaire du Ministère de la Santé a entrepris la formation et la mise en place des équipes d’intervention rapide pour la vaccination contre Ebola (EIRaV).

Ebola vaccines for Guinea and the world

12 June 2017

More than 11 000 people in Guinea participated in a WHO-led trial to develop the world’s first vaccine against Ebola virus disease. The ground-breaking trial, which ended in January 2016, resulted in a vaccine that is highly protective against the deadly virus. The Director-General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan and the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti visited some of the communities who participated in the vaccine trial in the city of Conakry.

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