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A staff member of Guinea's National Program for the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (PNLMTN) performs a rapid test on a child to check if he or she is positive for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), in the Forecariah prefecture, Guinea.

‘The tsetse fly is attracted to the color blue’: How Guinea has managed to eliminate sleeping sickness as a public health problem

Diego Menjíbar|Dubreka / Forecariah (Guinea)|Feb 08, 2025 - 05:30 CET

A comprehensive strategy that combines pharmacological advances, vector control, public outreach to raise awareness and community work has managed to drastically reduce cases of the disease. However, there are still challenges to overcome

Guinean nurse Djénabou Bélla Diallo, in the backyard of her house, in Labé, in August 2023.

female genital mutilation

The Guinean nurse who stopped performing genital mutilation on girls: ‘In an environment where everyone does one thing, it is very difficult not to do the same’

Sara Aminiyan Llopis / Anna Enrech Calbet|Labé (Guinea) / Barcelona|Dec 27, 2023 - 18:03 CET

Djénabou Bélla Diallo, whose clitoris was cut as a child, is now a midwife and renounces the practice. But the custom is still very common in Guinea-Conakry, which has the world’s second highest population of mutilated females

Members of the military junta of Niger, on August 26 at the Seyni Kountché stadium in Niamey, where thousands of supporters of the coup d'état gathered.

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‘Epidemic by contagion:’ Military coups in Africa are on the rise and the juntas are here to stay

José Naranjo|Saint Louis (Senegal)|Aug 31, 2023 - 11:37 CEST

The continent has witnessed 10 uprisings by the armed forces in four years and promises of transition periods to make way for civilian governments are not being honored

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