Guinea
Preventable diseases impact life in Guinea
The average life expectancy in Guinea is under 50 years. Major infectious diseases (hepatitis A, typhoid, malaria, yellow fever and tuberculosis) and lack of improved sanitation facilities combine with parasitic diseases, dehydration and HIV and AIDS and rob millions of longer life. Only 59% of the population can read and 146 out of every 1,000 children do not live to see their 5th birthday.
Our work
We plan to send two physicians to Hope Medical Center to provide quality, compassionate, surgical care for patients and medical training for local health professionals.
Internists, family practice physicians, pediatricians, general surgeons and orthopedic surgeons are needed for these teams.
Our partner
Hope Medical Center
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