Guinea

Characterizing the molecular and metabolic mechanisms of insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae in Faranah, Guinea

Tags:

anopheles gambiae, long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs)

Author(s):

Caleb Stica, Claire L. Jeffries, Seth R. Irish, Yaya Barry, Denka Camara, Ismael Yansane, Mojca Kristan, Thomas Walker and Louisa A. Messenger

Reference:

Malaria Journal 2019 18:244, 17 July 2019

In recent years, the scale-up of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) has greatly reduced malaria transmission. However, malaria remains a global public health concern with the majority of the disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa. Insecticide resistance is a growing problem among Anopheles vector populations, with potential implications for the continued effectiveness of available control interventions. Improved understanding of current resistance levels and underlying mechanisms is essential to design appropriate management strategies and to mitigate future selection for resistance.

Country:

Guinea

Medical Condition:

insecticide resistance

Medical Treatment:

indoor residual spraying (IRS)

Prescriber practices and patient adherence to artemisinin-based combination therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Guinea, 2016

Tags:

malaria, artesunate + amodiaquine (ASAQ), artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT)

Author(s):

Alioune Camara, Leah F. Moriarty, Mateusz Plucinski, et al.

Reference:

Malaria Journal 2019 18:23, 25 January 2019

Although there were more reported adverse events associated with ASAQ when compared with AL, both prescribers and patients were found to be mostly adherent to ACT for the treatment of malaria, regardless of ACT type.

Country:

Guinea

Medical Treatment:

artemether–lumefantrine (AL)

Evaluating the quality of routinely reported data on malaria commodity stocks in Guinea, 2014–2016

Tags:

malaria

Author(s):

Yu Sun, Timothée Guilavogui, Mateusz M. Plucinski, et al.

Reference:

Malaria Journal 2018 17:461, 7 December 2018

The concordance between stock levels reported through the RMIS and those verified during the EUV visits provides certain evidence that RMIS data can inform quantification and procurement decisions.

Country:

Guinea

Adherence to Ebola-specific malaria case management guidelines at health facilities in Guinea during the West African Ebola epidemic

Tags:

malaria

Author(s):

Ian Hennessee, Timothée Guilavogui, Alioune Camara, Eric S. Halsey, Barbara Marston, Deborah McFarland, Matthew Freeman and Mateusz M. Plucinski

Reference:

Malaria Journal 2018 17:230, 14 June 2018

Adherence to guidance on malaria case management in EVD-affected countries was low at the height of the EVD epidemic in Guinea, and there was substantial malaria diagnostic testing in the absence of adequate PPE, which could have contributed to increased EVD transmission in the healthcare setting.

Organization:

The World Health Organization (WHO)

Country:

Guinea

Malaria vector populations across ecological zones in Guinea Conakry and Mali, West Africa

Tags:

malaria, Anopheles gambiae

Author(s):

Boubacar Coulibaly, Raymond Kone, Michelle M. Riehle, et al.

Reference:

Malaria Journal 2016 15:191, 8 April 2016

The study represents detailed vector characterization from an understudied area in West Africa with endemic malaria transmission.

Country:

Guinea

Not Open Access | Ethnobotanical survey on medicinal plants used by Guinean traditional healers in the treatment of malaria

Tags:

antimalarial, malaria

Author(s):

M.S. Traore, M.A. Baldé, A.M. Baldé, et al.

Reference:

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 150, Issue 3, 12 December 2013, Pages 1145-1153

The objective of the present study was to collect and document information on herbal remedies traditionally used for the treatment of malaria in Guinea.

Country:

Guinea