Conakry: Presentation of the Regional Response Team

Conakry : présentation de l’équipe régionale de riposte - La France en Guinée et en Sierra Leone

ambafrance-gn.org - 06/06/2016

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Conakry: presentation of the regional response team

The project to support the establishment of eight regional teams versatile alerting and response to epidemics (PREPARE) is to create in each of the seven administrative regions of Guinea and to Conakry, a regional team responsible for early detection and prompt treatment of all diseases with epidemic potential.

June 4, 2016 at the People's Palace, the eighth regional team alert and response to epidemics (ERARE), was deployed for the first time in the presence of the Ambassador of France in Guinea and Sierra Leone, Bertrand Cochery , the Prime Minister of Guinea, Mamady Youla, delegated ambassador of the European Union, Gerardus Gielen, and Sébastien Mosneron-Dupin, CEO of Expertise France.

This is the eighth and final regional team of alert and response to be deployed in the country after those of the seven regional capitals. It is also the largest with a staff of 38 Guinean health professionals, based in the Directorate of Health Services of the City of Conakry and in the Communal Health Directorates.

The Conakry regional team received two sets of formations:

technically, operated by the Institute BIOFORCE;

at the operational level given by the French Civil Security and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in conjunction with the Guinean Red Cross (CRG).

The eight regional teams received grants in materials and equipment for an amount of 150,000 euros (1.5 billion Guinean francs) and 43 emergency vehicles.

The project to support the establishment of eight regional teams versatile alerting and response to epidemics ( "PREPARE") is to create in each of the seven administrative regions of Guinea, Conakry, as well as a responsible regional team early detection and prompt treatment of all diseases with epidemic potential, before they reach the epidemic threshold.

Under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Guinea and the National Coordination of the Fight against Ebola virus disease, this project had a budget of 5.8 million euros is supported by the European Union (83%) and France (17%). It is managed by France Expertise in collaboration with the Institute BIOFORCE Development, IFRC and the French Civil Security.

The Conakry regional team conducted a simulation of intervention:  (see images in original article)