Guinea
Providing care for people living with HIV remains a key activity for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Guinea. In 2024, our teams were also active in the north of the country, responding to a diphtheria outbreak.
Our activities in 2024 —
people receiving HIV antiretroviral treatment
people with advanced HIV under direct MSF care
people newly diagnosed with HIV
MSF has been responding to HIV/AIDS in Guinea for over 20 years.
In 2024, one in four people living with HIV in the country received treatment at health centres in the capital, Conakry, where MSF provided direct care, training, and medication donations. Providing HIV services within general health facilities allows us to both treat HIV as a chronic condition and integrate specialised care into the national health system. With this strategy, we also aim to reduce the stigmatisation around HIV, which is still strong. Many activists, both HIVpositive and -negative, support it, as it helps to combat the stereotypes surrounding the disease
MSF collaborates with the Ministry of Health in nine health facilities in Conakry.
We support HIV testing and treatment, with a focus on prevention of mother-to-child transmission and paediatric HIV care, as well as treatment for opportunistic infections. In 2024, we increased our services for victims and survivors of sexual violence, including access to safe abortion care. In addition, we manage a 31-bed facility at Donka hospital for people with severe complications of HIV.
Training is another important component of our project; we have trained over 300 medical staff in HIV care.
In Siguiri, in northern Guinea, MSF teams were involved in an emergency response to a diphtheria outbreak that started in August 2023. We supported treatment, referrals, and community awarenessraising campaigns – which led to a reduction in the deaths linked to the epidemic – until May.