In Numbers 159,000 people assisted 329 mt of food assistance distributed US$ 205,490 cash-based transfers made US$ 1.1 million (February-July 2024) net funding requirement Operational Updates In...
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Guinea: Annual Country Report 2023 - Country Strategic Plan 2019-2024
Overview Although rich in natural resources, Guinea faces significant socioeconomic challenges. Its natural endowments do not guarantee the sustainable development of the country. The poverty rate is...
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Five things to remember a decade after the Ebola outbreak in West Africa
Ten years ago, on 23 March 2014, Guinea declared an outbreak of Ebola. Beforehand, Ebola outbreaks were known to be dangerous, but small. Not this time, though: it would take two years and more than...
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Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and other Emergencies: Week 5: 29 January - 4 February 2024 (Data as reported by: 17:00; 4 February 2024)
This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. This week’s articles cover: Diphtheria in Guinea Measles in Ethiopia Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan ...
UNICEF Guinea Humanitarian Situation Report No. 3, 01 Jan - 31 Dec 2023
HIGHLIGHTS Guinea experienced multiple and concurrent epidemics in 2023, including 27 cases of variant 2 poliovirus, nearly 2,000 suspected cases and 85 confirmed cases of diphtheria, 02 confirmed...
OIM Cartographie de Mobilite: Régions de Kankan - N’Zérékoré - Kindia - Boké, Août - Septembre 2023
CONTEXTE ET INTRODUCTION Depuis la notification du premier cas de COVID-19 en Guinée à la date du 12 mars 2020, le cumul du nombre de cas confirmés et de décès hospitaliers de la COVID-19 a augmenté...
ECOWAS High Level Humanitarian Mission Delivers Humanitarian Assistance to Victims of Disasters in the Republic of Guinea
An ECOWAS High Level mission arrived in Conakry, the Republic of Guinea on Sunday, 14th January 2024 to deliver humanitarian assistance to victims of the recent fuel dump explosion which resulted in...
Guinea: Journalists raided and arrested by security forces
At least nine journalists were arrested, after raids on their offices by the security forces in the capital, Conakry on 18 January. The raids, at the Maison de la Presse, took place during a rally...
Guinea: An almost-forgotten disease makes a resurgence in West Africa
Friday, January 12, 2024 — In recent months, countries across West Africa have been battling the worst wave of diphtheria on record on the continent. The first cases were diagnosed in August 2022 in...
Guinea: Kaloum explosion DREF Operation MDRGN016
What happened, where and when? In the morning hours of Monday 18 December 2023, a major explosion occurred at Guinea's primary oil terminal situated in the Kaloum administrative district of Conakry...
Guinée - Evaluation préliminaire de dégâts - Conakry - 19 décembre 2023
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS Epais nuage de fumée visible provenant du site de la Société Guinéenne des Pétroles (SGP); Environ 6,000 personnes vivent sous le nuage de fumée provenant de l'incendie du site...
Guinée : 20 ans de lutte contre le VIH/Sida, le combat continue
En 2003, en Guinée, les équipes de Médecins Sans Frontières ouvraient à Conakry leur premier projet de prise en charge des personnes séropositives, à l’aide de traitements antirétroviraux. Vingt ans...
“It isn’t written on our foreheads that we have HIV”
On this World AIDS Day, members of MSF’s team in Guinea share insights on living with HIV and fighting stigma in communities. "This year’s theme for World AIDS day is ‘Give the leadership to the...
Guinea: Floods - DREF Operation (MDRGN015) Operational Update
What happened, where and when? Guinea has been experiencing persistent torrential rains since the beginning of August 2023. The highest recorded incidents were on Sunday 6 August 2022 in Coyah, and...
WFP Guinea Country Brief, October 2023
In Numbers 285,124 people assisted 1897 mt of food distributed US$ 2,896 cash-based transfers made Net funding requirements: USD 1.4 million for November 2023 to October 2024 Operational updates •...
How MSF has helped transform HIV/AIDS care in Guinea
For 20 years, MSF has been at the forefront of HIV/AIDS treatment in Guinea, bringing care closer to communities and building peer support networks that are a ‘lifeline’ for HIV-positive patients. In...
UNICEF Guinea Humanitarian Situation Report No. 2 (Polio Response) and Factsheet, 15 November 2023
Highlights Eighteen (18) cases of poliovirus type 2 variant (cVDPV2) have been confirmed in Guinea in 2023, including 13 cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), 3 contacts, and 2 cases identified...
Guinée: Le recours non nécessaire à la force lors d’un rassemblement pacifique ne doit pas rester impuni
Les autorités guinéennes doivent mener une enquête rapide et indépendante afin d’identifier les responsables de la violente répression d’un rassemblement pacifique qui a eu lieu le 16 octobre et au...
Guinea: Unnecessary use of force against peaceful rally must not go unpunished
The Guinean authorities must conduct a swift and independent investigation to identify those responsible for the violent repression of a peaceful rally on 16 October that left three journalists...
WFP Guinea Country Brief, September 2023
In Numbers 526,913 people assisted 4,358 mt of food distributed USD 16,130* cash-based transfers made USD 7.5 million six-month (October 2023 – March 2024) net funding requirements *Preliminary...