Description
We combine our labomobil with SMS technology to allow the population in isolated areas of Guinea to communicate directly with AFG. After providing education about the symptoms of certain diseases, we gather individual reports about possible illnesses and then dispatch our labomobil to confirm diagnosis and provide treatment.
Population Served
Female Youth/Adolescents (14 - 19 years) / Female Young Adults (20-25 years) -- currently not in use / Female Adults
Program Long-Term Success
Each year we want to bring the program to a different remote village.
Description
Saving the Lives of Children with Hydrocephalus†project. This initiative is a 5-year, comprehensive effort to reduce pediatric morbidity, mortality, and stigmatization due to hydrocephalus in Lower Guinea, where hundreds of children suffer from the disease and almost all die by 3 years of age. By the end of the project, the number of children receiving life-saving surgical treatment will triple to at least 60 per year, rehabilitative physical therapy will be available and accessible to over 500 children, government policies will support timely diagnosis and treatment, and nationwide advocacy efforts will be changing local beliefs so that children with hydrocephalus will have their conditions treated like any other disease, and not be shunned and neglected.
Population Served
Infants/Babies (under age 5) / Children Only (5 - 14 years) / Poor/Economically Disadvantaged, Indigent, General
Program Long-Term Success
This year we hope to put in place treatment protocols and complete the formation of a team to run the program. At 10 surgeries per month, we hope to operate on 120 children and help their families. We also will attempt to secure necessary medical equipment (MRI machines, CT Scanners, Endoscopy equipment) to enable the doctors to run diagnostics in-house instead of relying on expensive referrals.
Description
Inadequate water supply and sanitation facilities in schools, aside from being a health hazard, affect school attendance, retention and educational performance. In Guinea, 90% of public schools lack water supply and sanitation facilities including the biggest university in Conakry, which has more than five thousand students. In addition, less than 10% of schools have hand-washing facilities next to latrines. Lack of sanitation facilities causes rapid spread of disease and infection amongst the students and their families. This, in turn, leads to poor attendance and performance, often resulting in early withdrawal from school. AFG will improve water and sanitation in Guinea by constructing water wells in institutions that lack potable water and help sanitize existing water,installing water distribution systems, building or improving toilet and hand-washing facilities with separate lavatories for each gender, implementing hand-washing programs and educating the community.
Population Served
Children Only (5 - 14 years) / Poor/Economically Disadvantaged, Indigent, General /
Program Long-Term Success
Children in Guinean schools will have access to potable water and engage in hand washing campaigns, no improve overall health and attendance.
Description
In 2012 we will introduce the country’s first mobile laboratory. In conjunction with a French NGO, the Agence de Medicine Preventive (AMP) and a German manufacturer, the Labomobile will supplement and strengthen Guinea’s laboratory sector and diagnostic capacity. By deploying the Labomobile to remote regions where diagnostic capacity does not exist, we will improve the Ministry of Health’s ability to properly diagnose diseases, and reduce the spread of seasonal and periodic epidemics like typhoid fever, dysentery, shigella and cholera.
Population Served
General Public/Unspecified / Poor/Economically Disadvantaged, Indigent, General /
Program Long-Term Success
The Labomobile will supplement and strengthen Guinea’s laboratory sector and diagnostic capacity. By deploying the Labomobile to remote regions where diagnostic capacity does not exist, we will improve the Ministry of Health’s ability to properly diagnose diseases, and reduce the spread of seasonal and periodic epidemics like typhoid fever, dysentery, shigella and cholera.
Description
AFG is providing essential renovation for a number of hospitals, including Jean Paul II, Condeyah and Koyah hospitals. We are providing water wells, solar panels, water distribution systems, supplies and equipment, as well as renovating hospital wings as needed.
Population Served
Children and Youth (infants - 19 years.) / Adults / General Public/Unspecified
Program Long-Term Success
We hope to have a working AC unit for Donka Hospital, as well as around the clock electricity for Kondeyah Hospital. We plan to also begin a neurosurgery branch in Jean Paul II Hospital.