Click here to read the French Version of this COVID-19 In Guinea Blog The daily coronavirus figures in Guinea make no mention of the socio-professional category of infected people. However, healthcare workers are at increased risk of contracting and spreading the virus. This blog is an update of our posts published in April and May […]
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COVID-19 en Guinée : mobilisation de la première ligne de soins au Sud et au Nord!
This blog is a part of # COVID19Africa Series. Click for English version. Malgré la rhétorique en vigueur et l’expérience acquise dans la gestion de l’épidémie de la maladie à virus Ebola, la mise en pratique dans le système de santé guinéen des (dures) leçons apprises laisse encore à désirer. Bien que toutes les structures […]
COVID-19 in Guinea: The first line of health care in South and North get ready for action!
This blog is a part of # COVID19Africa Series. Click for French version. Despite the rhetoric and the experience gained during the Ebola epidemic, the implementation of these (hard) lessons learned in the Guinean health system still leaves a lot to be desired. Although all Ebola treatment centres are still in place, the number of […]
First line response to COVID-19: community health centres and doctors’ offices in Guinea
This blog is a part of #COVID19Africa Series. Click for French version Guinea’s health sector is primarily public. The first line of healthcare consists of more than 410 public health facilities, some 100 private non-profit facilities, and many private for-profit doctors’ offices. Even before the first COVID-19 case was reported in Guinea on 12 March […]