Il s'agit d'une etude descriptive portant sur l'evaluation des differentes activites du service de Medecine Legale de Conakry (Guinee) de 2001 a 2003. L'etude concerne toutes les consultations de victimologie et les examens de thanatologie realises sur la base d'une requisition. L'examen des victimes de coups et blessures volontaires represente la principale activite (78,66 %), suivi des soins de conservation (67,60 %), les levees de corps (28,80 %), l'examen des victimes de coups et blessures involontaires (12,97 %), le viol et les agressions sexuelles (7,78 %), les autopsies (3,50 %), la recherche de paternite (0,55 %) et l'exhumation (0,10 %). Ces resultats augmentent progressivement d'annee en annee, ceci temoigne non seulement le fait que le phenomene de violence existe en Guinee, mais aussi de plus en plus les citoyens decident de porter plainte malgre les pressions familiales.
Introduction: COVID-19 is an emerging contagious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that appeared in China in December 2019. The exponential progression of this disease led the WHO to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020, which was requalified as a pandemic on March 11, 2021. This unprecedented global health crisis has affected all populations and all sectors of professional activity. It has affected business operations to varying degrees, with closures, layoffs, activity limitations, structural reorganizations and the promotion of home working (telecommuting) to limit the spread of the virus. Methodology: This was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study lasting seven (07) months from November 25, 2020 to June 27, 2021. Eighteen banks in the city of Conakry were targeted for the study. Results: This descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study was carried out in thirteen (13) bank head offices located in the commune of Kaloum over a 7-month period from November 25, 2020 to June 27, 2021. Of the 2,500 bank employees, only 875 consented to the study, representing a 35% participation rate. 62.1% of bankers versus 18.6% teleworked, and 55.8% of employees claimed to be overworked. Conclusion: the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the banking sector, with COVID-19 prevalence at 20.9% and absenteeism at 13.6%. Shift work was the predominant mode of work for 62.1% of bankers, compared with 18.6% teleworking, and 55.8% of employees claimed to be overworked. In addition, 67.6% of bankers had a good attitude and knowledge of COVID-19, and 9.9% of bankers consented to COVID-19 vaccination. Non-respect of physical distancing by employees during breaks, meetings or group work, absence of distancing markings for customers, absence of disinfection, hugging and contact time with customers were the factors impacting COVID-19 transmission in the banking environment.
Only a few years after its creation, the Kindia Pasteur Institute (currently Institut de Recherche de Biologie Appliquée de Guinée, IRBAG), owing to its geographical situation, began regularly supplying the Paris Pasteur Institute with snake venom for manufacturing antivenom. The diversity of the biotopes in Guinea due mainly to the diversity of vegetation (savannah, forest, mangrove) and altitudes (coastal zone, mountains of Fouta-Djalon and mountain of High Guinea), induces a wide variety of the herpetological fauna. Envenomations are consequently a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in a country where agriculture is an important economic activity. Unfortunately, precise statistics for envenomations are unavailable. A retrospective study was performed based on IRBAG registers (1980-1990). A total of 584 snakebites were reported with a 2.2% case fatality rate. Between 1997 and 1999, 379 cases of snakebites were reported with 18.2% death, mainly due to the lack of antivenom, and 2.1% amputations. By combining the fang marks and victim or relative assessments, we were able to identify most of the snakes involved in the envenomations: Naja (21.3%), Bitis (15%), Dendroaspis (12.4%) and Causus (12.9%). In 38.2% of the cases, the snake was not identified. This survey confirmed that envenomations are a problem in Guinea. However, more studies are necessary to appreciate the real importance of the herpetological Guinean fauna and its consequences on morbidity and mortality in order to improve the management of envenomations.
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