A civil security unit undergoing “Ebola” training in Guinea

(B2) Thirty French trainers arrived in Guinea on Sunday (October 26), the Quai d'Orsay said to train 200 personnel from Guinean civil protection units. Their mission will take place over nine weeks in Kafiliyah and will include 2 components: civil protection training (water rescue, bush fire, first aid, depollution) and specific training in the fight against the Ebola epidemic (monitoring of people with been in contact with patients, logistical support for treatment centres).

This cooperation is part of the framework set during the restricted defense council on October 22 to support Guinea in its fight against the Ebola epidemic. This support provides for both training actions and the setting up of two new treatment centers in addition to the one which will be opened in November in Forest Guinea.

NB: The concrete French aid seemed very late on that announced and made effective in particular by the British government.