Socioeconomic associations of poorly controlled epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea: cross-sectional study.

Objective: To explore the socioeconomic factors associated with epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea.

Methods: People living with epilepsy (PLWE) were prospectively recruited at Ignace Deen Hospital, Conakry, in 2018. An instrument exploring household assets as a measure of wealth was designed and administered.

A drone delivery network for antiepileptic drugs: a framework and modelling case study in a low-income country.

Background: In urbanized, low-income cities with high rates of congestion, delivery of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) by unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to people with epilepsy for both emergency and non-urgent distribution may prove beneficial.

Methods: Conakry is the capital of the Republic of Guinea, a low-income sub-Saharan African country (2018 per capita gross national income US$830). We computed the number of drones and delivery times to distribute AEDs from a main urban hospital to 27 pre-identified gas stations, mosques and pharmacies and compared these to the delivery times of a personal vehicle.