Health in Guinea

Pediatric doctors at Donka Hospital reviewing measles cases during an epidemic in 2009. Donka is the largest public hospital in Guinea.[1]

Guinea faces a number of ongoing health challenges.

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[2] finds that Guinea is fulfilling 58.6% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.[3] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Guinea achieves 76.5% of what is expected based on its current income.[3] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 82.3% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.[3] Guinea falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 17.0% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.[3]

  1. ^ Mohamed Saliou Camara (2007). Le pouvoir politique en Guinée sous Sékou Touré. Editions L'Harmattan. p. 273. ISBN 978-2-296-03299-6.
  2. ^ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Guinea - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved March 18, 2022.