{"id":251925,"date":"2023-05-11T15:18:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T13:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rapport-annuel.expertisefrance.fr\/projets\/strengthening-guineas-health-system\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:05:47","slug":"health-guinea","status":"publish","type":"projet","link":"https:\/\/rapport-annuel.expertisefrance.fr\/en\/projects\/health-guinea\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening Guinea\u2019s Health System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Interview<\/p>\n\n
Strengthening Guinea\u2019s Health System<\/h1>\n\n
For nearly 10 years, Expertise France has been supporting Guinea in strengthening its health system. With the PASA2 project coming to an end, the Guinean Minister of Health talks to us about the impact of this long-term collaboration. <\/p>\n
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With Dr. MAMADOU P\u00c9TH\u00c9 DIALLO<\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong>, Minister of Health and Public Hygiene<\/p>\n\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n
What are the main challenges facing the Guinean health system?<\/h2>\n\n
In 2021, when the current government took office, the state of the health system was worrying. Our objectives were set clearly, with the desire to reconcile the people of Guinea with their health system, but also to recreate a process of mutual trust, respect, and conviviality between users and the health system. <\/p>\n\n
Next, the quality of services needed to be improved and made more accessible to all Guineans. The training, skills, motivation, and work resources of health professionals also needed to be strengthened so that they could provide better quality services. Reform of the medicine and health product supply system was needed, as was action against the lack of organization of the national market. Indeed, poor quality products and medicines unfit for consumption had been imported without control and had invaded the whole country. They therefore had to be replaced by good-quality, affordable medicines. <\/p>\n\n
Finally, the regulatory framework needed to be created to form synergies between public and private health systems.<\/p>\n\n<\/figure>\n\n
As part of the PASA2 project, Expertise France coordinated the construction, renovation, or extension of 15 health facilities in the forest regions of Guinea.<\/em><\/p>\n\n
Since 2015, Expertise France has worked with the Guinean Ministry of Health on several topics. Can you tell us more? <\/h2>\n\n
This fruitful partnership between Expertise France and the Guinean government dates back several years already. It\u2019s being consolidated in various areas, such as disease surveillance and prevention. Capacity building for our laboratories and our health system is also a major challenge, particularly with regard to quality issues in our healthcare facilities and hospitals. <\/p>\n\n
Since 2015, we\u2019ve received funding from Expertise France for a total of 11 projects and 4 technical assistance missions. We\u2019re in our eighth year of cooperation for a total of approximately \u20ac25 million. <\/p>\n\n
Initially, our collaboration with Expertise France took place under tragic circumstances, when our country had to cope with Ebola. This hemorrhagic epidemic was wreaking havoc not only in Guinea, but also in our neighbors Sierra Leone and Liberia. <\/p>\n\n
Once the epidemic was under control, Expertise France continued to work with us and became involved specifically in improving the quality of services in hospitals. The agency also took actions on issues of hygiene, waste management, and hospital environment in general. <\/p>\n
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