The country of Guinea faces profound medical challenges. While biostatistics are only estimates of the true scale of suffering, the situation is severe. Ranked as the 17th least developed country in the world by the United Nations Development Program, Guinea has an infant mortality rate of about 1 in 10 and an under-5 mortality rate of 1 in 6. Roughly 1 in 60 pregnancies results in maternal death. In rural areas, most people have little to no access to health care.

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Compassion Evangelical Hospital is located in Mamou, a commercial crossroads town in central Guinea, West Africa—about a five-hour drive north of the coastal capital, Conakry, along a paved highway. Mamou sits at the intersection of two major people groups: the 5 million Pular (or Fulani) of northwest Guinea and the 4 million Maninka of northeast Guinea. Though only two of the nation’s 41 tribal groups, together they make up about 70% of Guinea’s population, and are 99.99% Muslim.

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Compassion Evangelical Hospital is a nonprofit, IRS-approved 501(c)(3) mission organization incorporated in Michigan (U.S.A.) in 2004. It owns and operates the Compassion Evangelical Hospital and Clinic near Mamou, Guinea. The hospital is a member of L'Association des Églises et des Missions Évangeliques de Guinée (L’AEMEG), an interdenominational mission and church association in Guinea, as well as the Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability (ECFA).

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The hospital is governed by a Governance is by a U.S.-based board. M. Étienne Ouattara is the hospital administrator. David Mansare, MD is a Guinean with Pediatric training. Jean Paul Gbilimou, MD, a Guinean with training in OB/GYN. Paul Sidjani, MD is our General Surgeon & Orthopedic/ Trauma Surgeon , Dr. Bello is our Dentist/Maxillofacial Surgeon, and our part-time ophthalmologist is Dr. Cecé. The African medical support staff includes approximately 50 persons.