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The United States Delivers COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Guinea

COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

Since September, 2021 the United States has shared 3,505,050 safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine doses with the people of Guinea – free of cost. This includes 3,001,050 Pfizer and 504,000 J&J doses. Of the 3,505,050 vaccine doses,100% were donated in partnership with COVAX.

President Biden committed the United States to be the world’s arsenal for vaccines, leading an international and coordinated vaccination effort, and announced that the United States will provide 1.2 billion doses of safe, effective vaccines – free of cost – to meet global needs and save lives now. The United States is working with other governments, global initiatives including COVAX and the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT), and other partners to get COVID-19 vaccines to where they are needed most.

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U.S. Relationship

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U.S. Guinea Relations

The U.S. maintained close relations with Guinea prior to the country's 2008 military coup d’etat, which the U.S. condemned. Following Guinea's presidential elections in 2010, the U.S. reestablished strong diplomatic relations with the government. U.S. policy seeks to encourage Guinea's democratic reforms, its positive contribution to regional stability, and sustainable economic and social development. The U.S. is committed to helping Guinea consolidate its democratic transition with the goal of fostering sustainable economic growth thereby. The U.S. also continues to support Guinea’s Security Sector Reform and Law and Justice Sector Reform, and assists Guinea to professionalize its military and security forces in an effort to promote democracy, rule of law, and respect for human rights.

U.S. Assistance to Guinea

The USAID Mission in Guinea supports efforts towards participatory governance in a healthier Guinea. Development programs focus on increasing the utilization of quality health services and strengthening democratic governance and economic processes. The United States Peace Corps works throughout the country in the secondary education, agro-forestry, and public health sectors. The Department of Defense and U.S. Africa Command continue to professionalize Guinea’s military and security forces through an array of security assistance programs.

Bilateral Economic Relations

In late 2011, the U.S. reinstated Guinea's African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) benefits. AGOA eligibility provides the potential for an increase in mutually beneficial trade and investment between Guinea and the United States. The U.S. and Guinea have signed an investment guarantee agreement offering political risk insurance to U.S. investors through the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

Guinea Flag: three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green; red represents the people's sacrifice for liberation and work; yellow stands for the sun, for the riches of the earth, and for justice; green symbolizes the country's vegetation and unity note: uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the reverse of those on the flags of neighboring Mali and Senegal [CIA World Fact Book]

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