Malaria Elimination: Expanding test, track and treat in mining areas. Baseline study on the MSD strategy

Malaria Elimination: Expanding test, track and treat in mining areas. Baseline study on the MSD strategy – 2015

SUMMARY:

The data presented in this report establish the baseline for a research programme to monitor and evaluate the activities of the Suriname Ministry of Health (MoH) programme aimed at complete elimination of malaria in Suriname (hereafter: Malaria Elimination programme). This IDB funded programme will be executed by the Bureau of Public Health (BOG) Malaria Programme (MP). The Malaria Elimination programme focusses on small-scale gold mining areas in the Suriname-French Guiana border region, which are the main remaining point sources of malaria transmission in Suriname.

Analysis of existing data and reports suggests that the largest share of malaria cases detected in Suriname today are probably the result of transmission in French Guiana. Several interrelated factors explain this trend, including the proximity of French gold deposit to the Suriname border, French repression of clandestine mining, high mobility of mining populations, and limited access to health services in French garimpos (mining areas). Intervention strategies of the Malaria Elimination program include an extension of MSD services, distribution of LLINs, and Behaviour Change Communication (BCC).


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