Guinea: Pictures from Health Facility and Community Visits

My community and health facility visits were illuminating, but sometimes a picture is worth more than words. Here are some more pictures from the trip: 

A woman has her child weighed during the check-up.

Every room at this health facility in Dubreka had a tub of water
and soap for washing hands. 

Mother waiting for child's immunization appointment.

Me outside one health center in Dubreka.

One of the more rural facilities we visited. 

We are greeted by the mayor (far left), the Prefectural
Director (far right), and others before attending a community
engagement session. 

More than 100 women attended the community sensitatization event,
designed to teach women about the free health services available
during antenatal and postnatal visits. 

A woman participates in the game, where she
has to bravely cross the "bridge" to get to the
health facility.  

Me and Dr. Bangora, Coordinator of UDEC,
one of the local NGOs that works with HC3. 

During an immunization check-up in Kindia. 

All immunization records are hand recorded and stored.
The nurse informed me these were all the children who were
not brought in for their next vaccinations, so the health workers
will go into the community to find them.

Madame M. Komara (center) asks me to join her and the
other midwives for a picture. 

Visiting the family planning part of the clinic.

Next door to the delivery room, we can see
water damage on the ceiling.

One midwife describes how the training that
USAID/Jphiego have supported has changed
the way they work in the facility. She's holding
a prop (a large plastic container with a baby doll)
designed to help train midwives on how to
deliver a child. 

Dr. Bangora opens a large community brainstorming event
to encourage men, women, healthcare workers, and Imams
to talk about. 

For the small group activity, one group of healthcare workers
are supposed to discuss why people aren't coming to the
facility. (In the 10 minutes that I sat with the group, they
spent more time trying to figure out how to divide up the tasks.)

A special thanks to Dr. Daffe of HC3 for making this trip possible.