The Current State of Healthcare in Guinea

Guinea faces significant healthcare challenges today. Hospitals and clinics across Conakry and the interior struggle with shortages of medical resources, limited staff, and infrastructure gaps. One of the most pressing issues is the lack of modern health information systems. Most medical records are still handwritten on paper, making them vulnerable to errors, loss, and delays.

According to recent regional health assessments, Guinea’s hospital systems face:

• • Paper-based patient records that are easily lost or damaged
• • Difficulty tracking patient history across different hospitals
• • Slow data processing in emergencies and routine care
• • No centralized health information database
• • Limited internet access in many areas, making most digital systems unreliable
• • Low interoperability between clinics, labs, and hospitals

These challenges reduce efficiency, slow care delivery, and impact patient safety. Guinée HealthLink was created to help close this gap.

Why Guinée HealthLink Was Founded

Guinée HealthLink (GHL) was created out of the desire to give Guinean hospitals a dependable, secure, and modern Electronic Health Record (EHR) system — one built specifically for the realities of Guinea. Many existing EHR systems are too expensive, require strong internet connectivity, or are not designed for the workflow of West African healthcare facilities.

GHL is developing a platform that:

• • Works even with low-bandwidth or unstable internet
• • Is simple enough for all healthcare workers to use
• • Is secure and protects patient privacy
• • Is affordable for hospitals and clinics in Guinea
• • Supports continuity of care across different facilities

We are building this platform slowly and carefully. Every design choice is made to ensure long-term reliability and stability — because patient care cannot afford errors, crashes, or data loss.

Who We Are

Guinée HealthLink is a growing collective of healthcare workers, developers, data specialists, and community advocates. We share a mission to make modern healthcare tools accessible to all regions of Guinea.

Our work is shaped by:

• • A strong connection to Guinea and its healthcare system
• • A commitment to using technology responsibly
• • A belief that every patient deserves organized, high-quality care
• • A promise to build tools that make the clinician’s job easier — not harder