Guinea Bissau - High priority areas / hotspots

Guine bissau - High priority area / hotspots

RÉSUMÉ

At-risk populations were located in the following zones :

• The capital Bissau and its periphery: Nhacra, Safim, Bissora, Prabis and Quinhamel
• The coast: Bubaque, Caravela, Caio, Cacheu, Canghungo, Saodomingos, Tite, Fulacungonda, Bedanda and Cati

High-risk populations and pratices

• Seasonal fishing, processing and sale of seafood (Cacheu, Bijagos Islands, Tombali regions; Catio, Bedanba and Cacina sectors)
• Senegalese and Guinean migrant fishermen
• Seasonal farming work and commercial trade with neighboring coastal countries, primarily Guinea and Sierra Leone
• Traditional animist ceremonies (e.g., funeral rituals)
• Consumption of water sachets in the capital Bissau