NEWS
On April 16, IOM participated in the official closing ceremony marking the end of the micro-quarantine at Koropara, in the Forest Guinea, where the latest EVD cases in the country resurfaced in mid-March 2016. The Minister of health, Dr. Abdourahmane Diallo, the National Coordinator, Dr. Sakoba Keita, the EU Ambassador, Mr. Gielen, the IOM Chief of Mission Representative, Dr. Blaise Bathondoli, participated in the ceremony.
On April 13, 14, and 15, Mr. Charles Kwenin, IOM’s Senior Regional Adviser for Sub-Saharan Africa based in Geneva paid a working visit to IOM Guinea. During his stay, Mr Kwenin, accompanied by the Chief of Mission, Mr. Amihere Kabla and other IOM Guinea officials, paid a courtesy visit to the US Ambassador, Mr. Dennis Hankins and the UN Focal Point for the Ebola Response, Mr. Mark Wajnstok.
On April 18, in collaboration with the George Washington University and CDC, IOM began a training session on Health Emergency Management for prefectural health officials in the region of Mamou.
Situation of the Ebola Virus Disease after its resurgence in Guinea
Following the Ebola Virus Disease resurgence at Koropara, in the prefecture of N’Zerekore, Forest Guinea on last March 17, the Guinean Government and the National Coordination of the fight against Ebola decided to quarantine the subprefecture through a micro-quarantine in order to contain the spread, identify contacts and search for new cases during twenty one days. IOM, through its sub-office in N’Zerekore deployed over twenty one agents and recruited about twenty local volunteers to take part in the micro-quarantine by ensuring health screening at entry and exit points of the village and by intervening along with other partners near households to detect symptoms appearance and sensitize inhabitants on good hygiene practices. During that period, 7 cases were confirmed and 1072 contacts were monitored.
On April 16, Koropara was declared “Ebola free” during an official ceremony led by the Guinean Minister of health, Mr. Abdourahmane Diallo.
According to the WHO situation report dated April 20, Guinea registered 3 814 cumulated, confirmed, probable and suspected Ebola Virus cases including 2 544 deaths, that is a 66.7% of death rate.