Health: Expertise France supports Guinea in the prevention and control of infections in healthcare establishments ...

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Africaguinee June 21, 2021 2:30 p.m.

Health: Expertise France supports Guinea in the prevention and control of infections in healthcare establishments ...

This Expertise France manager detailed the other role of the teams in this project.

"The teams also work with the institute for the development of health professionals in charge of continuing education and with whom the target health personnel will be identified.

and the defined training modules, the center of excellence for the development of a university degree on hospital hygiene, the CERFIG to conduct anthropological surveys on users of PCI, community actors to promote PCI within the population, the Pharmacie Centrale de Guinée SA to produce and distribute input needs ”, added Annick Jeantet Quentin implemented with the support of Expertise France.

The PCI project aims to control the risk of infection in health establishments through transversal actions aimed at improving hygiene, a guarantee of improving the quality of care which will also restore confidence in the health system.

in a health context marked by epidemics of COVID-19 and Ebola.

According to him, monitoring the achievement of the various objectives of this program is based on a system for collecting and analyzing data on PCI integrated into the national health information system, the creation of a national observatory for PCI under the form of a virtual national statistical database platform.

Funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) to the tune of 7 million euros for a period of 36 months (3 years) and implemented by Expertise France, this project aims to ensure the presence of the conditions necessary for Prevention and Infection Control (PCI) by ensuring the quality and effectiveness of the training actions carried out.

"The national program for the prevention and control of infection (PCI) aims to strengthen the skills of health workers to prevent and detect risks, strengthen the surveillance of infectious risks, put in place an appropriate governance framework for PCI , strengthen the material capacity of structures in terms of infection prevention and control, ”explained Mr.

Yakouba Barry, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Health..

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