Tana is a small rural village in
Guinea
Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...
, nor far from the border with
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...
. , the area around Tana was the last place in West Africa to still be affected by the
West African Ebola virus disease epidemic.
The village was visited by the Guinean prime minister
Mohamed Said Fofana in an attempt to enlist local support in the effort against the disease.
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References
Populated places in Guinea
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