Guinea

Areas

Rebuild health services (WASH, capacity-building for heath facility staff and sentinels; and strengthening community engagement between health facilities and communities).

  • Disease surveillance.

Grantees

  • IMC - International Medical Corps (Conakry)

Technical Briefs

The goals of APC Guinea Project were to reduce the risk of transmission of the Ebola virus from survivors to other individuals; ensure that all Ebola survivors have access to routine health care and psychosocial services; and strengthen the capacity of those service providers through direct assistance to facilities within the national health system.

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Objective 1

Strengthen national and subnational coordination and assist with the roll-out of the Ministry of Health’s national plan for survivors (SA-Ceint) through:

  • Semi-annual regional meetings to review strategy and implementation progress in target prefectures.
  • Monthly supportive monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of SA-Ceint at prefecture and community levels for focal points, communities, and health facilities.
  • National quantification of survivor commodities.

Objective 2

Strengthen longitudinal care by supporting monitoring of survivors and their immediate contacts, and assisting disease surveillance and reporting to ensure that needed health care services are provided in a timely manner and that illnesses and deaths in selected regions are recognized, notified, and treated rapidly:

  • Develop and implement referral and counter-referral system in target regions.
  • Monitor quality reports sent by focal points in accordance with SA-Ceint guidelines.
  • Coordinate specimen collection and transport from health facilities to designated laboratories.
  • Upgrade tertiary and prefecture-level hospitals.

Objective 3

Strengthen the capacity of health care providers and their knowledge of survivor health care needs, infection prevention, and stigma reduction to ensure access to appropriate care in line with the Government’s goal of reintegrating survivor care with local services:

  • Support development of materials and conduct sensitization training for traditional, opinion, religious leaders, government, and local leaders.
  • Asses capacity of and provide organizational training to survivor associations.
  • Provide subspecialty training or mentoring of health professionals who care for survivors at tertiary and prefecture-level hospitals.

Learn more about this project:

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Photo Journal » (PDF, 9.7 MB)

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Results Infographic » (PDF, 278 KB)
Version française » (PDF, 449 KB)

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News from Guinea

2018

July 26, 2018 | Event

APC held a high-profile closing ceremony for the Guinea-based Ebola Transmission Prevention & Survivor Services (ETP&SS) program on July 26, 2018 at the Hotel Riviera in Conakry. During the half-day event, Minster of Health Édouard Niankoye Lamah thanked the APC project for its efforts aiding Ebola survivors in Guinea and recommended continued follow-up to prevent a future outbreak.

May 25, 2018 | Announcement

On May 14, 2018, APC participated in a forum, hosted by USAID/Guinea in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, on improving Guinea’s resilience through sustainable development.

February 09, 2018 | Announcement

On January 30, 2018, Guinea’s National Network of Ebola survivors, Réseau National des Associations de Survivants d’Ebola de Guinée (RENASEG), celebrated the inauguration of its new headquarters in Conakry.

2017

November 27, 2017 | Announcement

During an official ceremony on October 25, 2017, the Guinean Ministry of Health (MOH) received the first of several shipments of laboratory supplies and medical equipment, donated by USAID through the Advancing Partnerships & Communities project (APC).

October 12, 2017 | Announcement

On September 7-9, 2017, the West African Clinical Research Consortium (WAC), in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health and the Advancing Partners & Communities project, hosted over 150 West African and international scientists, clinicians, researchers, policy makers, and other stakeholders at a conference in Guinea’s capital, Conakry.