Health and Safety in Guinea

Guinea started major health reforms in the late 1980s. The Bamako Initiative, a conventional statement adopted by various health ministers of Sub-Saharan African nations, aimed to promote the nations’ accessibility of drugs and various health care programs. The said strategy had significant improvement on Guinea’s community-based health services. Several medical facilities in Guinea are inadequately equipped and limited. Some of the private hospitals offer facilities with modern treatment options.

The country is presently facing a generalized epidemic. In 2005, the World Health Organization warned Guinea of having HIV/AIDS outbreak because of the number of reported cases though the level is still significantly lower than other African nations. The travelers must also be aware and avoid the following diseases: Hepatitis A (infection might get through water or food), Hepatitis B (the said virus might acquire through sexual contact and sharing needles for injections, body piercing and tattoos), typhoid (occur through water and food), rabies (the illness may acquire to direct contact with carnivores, bats, and other mammals), malaria (the disease comes from the bite of mosquito), dengue (occur through insect bites), tuberculosis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and tetanus-diphtheria. Also, diseases that come from unsafe water and food normally result to queasiness and diarrhea.