Malakit: an innovative pilot project to self-diagnose and self-treat malaria among illegal gold miners in the Guiana Shield

Malakit: an innovative pilot project to self-diagnose and self-treat malaria among illegal gold miners in the Guiana Shield

Abstract Background Illegal gold miners in French Guiana, a French overseas territory (‘département’) located in Amazonia, often carry malaria parasites (up to 46.8%). While the Guiana Shield Region aims at malaria elimination, the high prevalence of Plasmodium in this hard-to-reach population in co...

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Main Authors: Maylis Douine, Alice Sanna, Muriel Galindo, Lise Musset, Vincent Pommier de Santi, Paola Marchesini, Edgard Dias Magalhaes, Martha Suarez-Mutis, Helene Hiwat, Mathieu Nacher, Stephen Vreden, Laure Garancher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
Control strategies
Gold mining
Mobile population
Cross-border
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2306-5

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