PRELIMS BITS
Guinea has successfully eliminated the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness.
Political and Geographical Features
- Location: Western Africa, on the Atlantic coast.
- Boundaries: Guinea-Bissau (northwest), Senegal (north), Mali (northeast), Côte d’Ivoire (southeast), and Liberia and Sierra Leone (south).
- Climate: Tropical (hot and humid).
- Mountain Ranges: Nimba, Loma, Fouta Djallon.
- Major Rivers: Niger, Gambia, Bafing, and Bakoye (headwaters of the Senegal River).
- Highest Peak: Mount Nimba.