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Around the World Day of Hand-washing with Tdh
Washing one’s hands with soap: a daily act we don’t bother to think much about. Hand-washing is done without questioning, just a reflex or a rule p...
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Guinea: Ceremony – new youth for the health centres
Tuesday 25th September 2012, 11 o'clock saw the ceremony for the partial handover of water, hygiene and sanitation works at the Sonfonia Health Cen...
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Guinea: Breastfeeding versus ants
Breastfeeding is widely practised in Guinea. However, according to health experts, the problem is in starting belatedly and non-exclusively, both o...
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Guinea: Emergency activity in a cholera epidemic
For some decades, Guinea has been hit by flare-ups of cholera epidemics that are now occurring closer together. All these flare-ups have started in...
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Guinea: Sorting biomedical waste to benefit man’s health and the environment
Since the end of 2011, Terre des hommes has been working to improve the water, hygiene and sanitation conditions in seven health centres in two com...
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Guinea: Texting – A good idea as a reminder
For several months, health care providers working in 15 Guinean health centres receive text messages on their cell phones. Every weeks, key message...
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Guinea: The profession of youth worker, a coming profession
Hawa Barratou Bah, "protection assistant" for young prisoners in Guinea, spoke after the last training course carried out by the Terre des hommes’ ...
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Guinea: Teaching police officers to respect the rights of children – Interview with Laurent Sainsard
Police officers are the first to come into contact with minors involved in a judicial process – whether they are perpetrators or victims. However, ...
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Guinea: The State launches a competition for hygiene in the health centres
From the start of 2012, Terre des hommes and the National Department for Health and Public Hygiene have been improving the conditions of hygiene in...
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Guinea: 17 months without Assizes Courts for minors
Since the last Assize Court for minors held in July 2009, 15 youngsters have been held illegally in gaol in Conakry. Terre des hommes has exercised...
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