Innovative Mobile Ultrasound Scanner Saving Lives of Pregnant Women in Remote Guinea (video)
It’s truly a relief. The arrival of mobile ultrasound scanners in several health centers in the Telimele prefecture, located northwest of Guinea’s capital Conakry, has been revolutionary for many families. Previously inaccessible to most women in the area until mid-2023, ultrasound is now becoming more widely available and drawing women to health facilities throughout their pregnancies.
Fighting against the silent death of women in childbirth in Guinea
In the coastal West African country of Guinea, pregnant women are often poorly monitored, and left to cope on their own. In 2014, a major Ebola outbreak weakened health systems; this impacted the care pregnant women received. Meet Oussaïna, she is currently 36 weeks pregnant and is from Sinta, a town in west Guinea.
ALIMA participates in Ebola vaccine trial with promising results
The results of a large-scale clinical trial in West Africa, confirming the safety of three different Ebola vaccine regimens, have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. ALIMA’s in-field support in Guinea has been crucial to the implementation of the trial.
10 Things to Know about Ebola
Two outbreaks of Ebola are currently affecting the African continent: one in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu province and one in Guinea’s southeastern forest region N’Zerekore. While this is not the first time Ebola has affected these countries, emergency response teams are better equipped than ever before to care for patients, prevent further spread of the outbreak and save lives.
Ebola in Guinea: our teams are prepared to receive additional patients
In Guinea, following the Ministry of Health’s announcement of patients confirmed with the Ebola Virus Disease in the southeastern forested region of N’Zérékoré, on February 14, an emergency response team from ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) has been on the ground to support the response to the outbreak. ALIMA was a key actor in Guinea during the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, as well in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, since 2018, during multiple outbreaks.
Ebola in Guinea: ALIMA prepares to respond to the country’s first outbreak since 2016
Following the confirmation of several people infected with the Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea’s N’Zérékoré region, an emergency response team from ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) is already on the ground working with national and local authorities to conduct a needs assessment of the health structures and communities in the affected area, and prepare for an eventual support to the response.
COVID-19 in Guinea: Patients share their stories
ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) has been caring for patients at the COVID-19 treatment center within the Donka Hospital in Conakry, Guinea, since April 6, 2020. How has coronavirus affected these patients? What is their message to the Guinean community? We spoke with five people who were recently infected with COVID-19. Here, they share their experiences with the disease and their journey to recovery.
COVID-19 in Guinea: Frontline workers share their stories
They are doctors, nurses, hygienists, logisticians. What do they have in common? Since April 6, 2020, these women and men have been working for ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action), at the COVID-19 treatment center within the Donka University Hospital in Conakry, Guinea. From the parking lot to the intensive care unit, we guide you through this center, via those who are on the frontlines in the fight against COVID-19.
Mental health as a key component of COVID-19 care
In September 2020, 111 health care personnel from the COVID-19 treatment center at the Donka Hospital in Conakry, Guinea, were trained by ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) in the psychosocial management of psychological distress in the context of COVID-19. Jacob Gaouly, technical referent for mental health and psychosocial support for ALIMA in Guinea, who organizes these trainings, explains more.
COVID-19 in Guinea: “I hit the road the same day” Testimony of a hygienist
“Wash your hands. Turn towards me. Turn around. Remove your smock. Throw it into the trash. Wash your hands. Remove your first pair of gloves. Throw them in the trash. Wash your hands.”
These are the words of Soullo Iffono. The 37-year-old is a hygienist for ALIMA, in charge of disinfection at the undressing station of the COVID-19 treatment center within Donka Hospital, in Conakry, Guinea.
