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GUINEA

Guinea and the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) first teamed up to fight malaria in 2011. In this West African nation, malaria is one of the leading communicable diseases––but since its Ministry of Health began its partnership with the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, the country has achieved several milestones worth celebrating: including a 44% decrease in the country’s malaria prevalence from 2012 to 2016, two country-wide universal coverage campaigns to distribute insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), and investments in training more than 1,400 health workers to diagnose, test, and treat malaria.