Scientific days PRISME Guinea

Objectives

• Showcase ongoing projects

• Discuss scientific priorities in Guinea

• Strengthen synergies between Guinean, French, and international researchers

The event was accessible in person (by invitation) and online (link available under the programme).

Provisional programme

Time zone: GMT (Africa/Conakry, GMT)

DAY 1: TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2025

08:30-09:00 Welcome & registration of participants

09:00 – 09:15 Introduction

Abdoulaye Touré (Head of PRISME Guinea), Éric Delaporte (France PRISME Guinea Representative)

Session 1 – Emerging infections: a One Health approach

Moderators: Martine Peeters (IRD TransVIHMI) and Alpha Kabinet Keita (CERFIG/UGANC)

Overview

09:15 – 09:30

Overview of emerging infectious diseases in Africa, Ahidjo Ayouba (IRD TransVIHMI)

09:30 – 09:40

ANRS MIE and emerging diseases, Éric D’Ortenzio (ANRS MIE)

09:40 – 09:55 Overview of One Health projects in Guinea, Alpha Kabinet Keita (CERFIG/UGANC)

09:55 – 10:05 AFROSCREEN (AFD, MEAE): A One Health surveillance network to respond to emergencies in Africa, Kadio Jean-Jacques Olivier Kadio (CERFIG)

10:05 – 10:25 Discussion

10:25 – 10:55 Coffee break

Viral haemorrhagic fevers

10:55 – 11:05

BCOMMING (European Union): Seroprevalence of Lassa virus in wildlife and human populations

Djiba Kaba (CERFIG)

11:05–11:15

Seroprevalence of orthoebolaviruses in livestock in Guinea

Pierre Roques (Institut Pasteur Guinea)

11:15–11:25

MOUT (ANR-DFG): Ebola outbreaks at the heart of human mobility in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo

Abdoulaye Wotem Somparé (CERFIG)

11:25–11:35

EBOPEP (EDCTP/ANRS MIE) in response to the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Placide Mbala (INRB)

11:35–11:45

Metagenomic surveillance of the Lassa virus in the prefectures of Guéckédou and N’Zérékoré

Sanaba Boumbaly (CRV)

11:45–12:05 Discussion

Official opening ceremony

12:05pm – 1:00pm

• Welcome address by the Head of PRISME Guinea: Abdoulaye TOURE
• Address by the French representative of PRISME Guinea: Eric DELAPORTE
• Speech by ANRS MIE: Eric D’ORTENZIO
• Speech by His Excellency the French Ambassador
• Opening speech by His Excellency the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch break

Session 2 – Mpox epidemics in Africa

Moderators: Sory Condé (ANSS) and Pierre Roques (Institut Pasteur Guinea)

2:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.

Mpox endemicity and epidemics in the DRC

Steve Ahuka (INRB)

2:10 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

Mpox seroprevalence in wildlife and humans in Guinea

Djiba Kaba (CERFIG)

2:20 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

EPAMAC (ANRS MIE): Epidemiology and short- and medium-term impact of Mpox virus infection on human health in Guinea

Thierno Mamadou Tounkara (Donka University Hospital), Abdoulaye Touré (CERFIG)

2:30 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

PANAFPOX (ANRS MIE): One Health approach to document the extent of MPOXV infections and assess the frequency and risk of cross-species transmission to humans in Africa

Ahidjo Ayouba (IRD TransVIHMI), Alpha Keita (CERFIG/UGANC)

2:40 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.

DAEMON (ANRS MIE): MPOXV in livestock and domestic populations in West Africa, a potentially endemic region

Pierre ROQUES (Institut Pasteur Guinée)

2:50 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. Discussion

3:10 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. Coffee break

Session 3 – Arboviruses

Moderators: Coumba Touré Kane (UCAD), Mohamed Sahar Traoré (IRBAG, FSTS)

3:40 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

Overview of arboviruses in Africa

Salifou Talassone Bangoura (CERFIG)

3:50 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Circulation of dengue and yellow fever viruses in Guinea

Mamadou Boundhoukoura Bah (IRBAG)

4:00 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.

Phylogeny of dengue and yellow fever viruses in Guinea

Jacob Camara (CRV)

4:10 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.

STRIVE (NIH / ANRS MIE): Implementation of clinical trials on emerging infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa

Anani Badie (PACCI), Mamadou Saliou SOW (Donka University Hospital, CERFIG)

4:20 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. Discussion

DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2025

Session 4 – Endemic diseases: HIV & tuberculosis

Moderators: Mohamed Cissé (Donka University Hospital), Maryline Bonnet (IRD, TransVIHMI)

HIV infection

09:00 – 09:15

HIV prevention in Guinea: the problem of access to long-acting ARVs

Mohamed CISSE (Donka University Hospital, FSTS)

09:15 – 09:30

AIRPOP (ANRS MIE): Introduction of Points of Care to optimise postnatal prophylaxis for newborns exposed to HIV

Guillaume Breton (Solthis)

09:30 – 09:45

Management of chronic conditions in PLHIV cohorts in Guinea

Mohamed Maciré Soumah (Donka University Hospital, FSTS)

09:45 – 10:15 Coffee break

Tuberculosis

10:15 – 10:25

News on tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa

Mayline Bonnet (IRD, TransVIHMI)

10:25 – 10:35

DATURA (EDCTP/ANRS MIE): Determining appropriate treatment for tuberculosis in adults and adolescents hospitalised with severe immune suppression

Boubacar Djelo Diallo (Ignace Deen University Hospital)

10:35 – 10:45

POST-TB SIQ (ANRS MIE): Post-tuberculosis sequelae in Africa

Boubacar Djelo Diallo (CHU, Ignace Deen)

10:45 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. Discussion

11:05 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.

Round table: How can research findings be transformed into public health policies?

Speakers to be announced

Official closing ceremony

12:05 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

• Welcome address by the Head of PRISME Guinea: Abdoulaye TOURE
• Address by the French representative of PRISME Guinea: Eric DELAPORTE
• Speech by ANRS MIE: Eric D’ORTENZIO
• Speech by His Excellency the French Ambassador
• Closing speech by His Excellency the Minister of Health and Public Hygiene