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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With new air conditioning in the storage room, Chief of Maneah Health Center Daloba Mara can be confident of their medicines’ efficacy. Read more on Building Resilient Health Systems: Support to Ebola Survivors and the National Health System Keeps Guinea Safe from Resurgence »

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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Guinea-Specific Resources

Deux années de prévention de la transmission d’Ébola dans la période post-Ébola : utilisation de sites sentinelles pour la surveillance à base communautaire en Guinée
November 2018 | Reflections

Avec le soutien du programme Ebola Transmission Prevention & Survivor Services (ETP&SS) du projet Advancing Partners & Communities (APC) financé par l’USAID, le gouvernement guinéen a conçu et a mis en oeuvre une surveillance à base communautaire dite surveillance active en ceinture utilisant des sites sentinelles pour assurer le suivi des survivants et leurs contacts immédiats pour prévenir une transmission possible de la maladie.

Surveillance de la persistance virale chez les guéris d'ébola in Guineé
August 2018 | Brief

Selon les recherches menées par les Instituts nationaux de la santé des ÉtatsUnis (National Institutes of Health [NIH]), les guéris de la maladie à virus Ébola (MVE) peuvent conserver le virus dans certains fluides corporels (notamment le sperme, le lait maternel, le liquide céphalorachidien) jusqu’à 32 mois après des résultats négatifs au test Ébola.

Monitoring Viral Persistence in Ebola Survivors in Guinea
August 2018 | Brief

According to research conducted by NIH, survivors of Ebola virus disease can retain the virus in certain bodily fluids (i.e., sperm, breast milk, spinal fluid) for up to 32 months after testing negative for Ebola. Researchers in Liberia presented these findings during a regional meeting organized by APC in December 2016, thereby demonstrating the value of continuing surveillance of Ebola survivors and the need for regular testing for viral persistence in the semen of male survivors.

Surmonter la Peur D'ébola
August 2018 | Infographic

L’épidémie d’Ébola a gravement affecté le système de santé publique de la Guinée, laissant dans son sillage plus de 1 200 guéris, dont un grand nombre continue à avoir des problèmes médicaux liés au virus.

Guinea Results Infographic
August 2018 | Infographic

The Ebola epidemic severely impacted Guinea’s public health system and left over 1,200 survivors, many of whom continue to have medical problems related to the virus. From 2016–2018, APC, in collaboration with Guinea’s Ministry of Health, supported surveillance of Ebola survivors and their immediate contacts, rehabilitated and equipped health facilities in the regions hardest hit by Ebola, enhanced health system capacity for managing Ebola survivor care, and worked to reduce stigma and discrimination against survivors.

News from Guinea

2017

APC holds Ebola Survivor Associations Regional Workshop
April 10, 2017 | Announcement

Advancing Partners & Communities held a regional workshop for leadership from Ebola survivor associations from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea in Conakry, Guinea from March 27th to 29th, 2017.