Last Updated: 17/12/2024
Towards malaria elimination: Expanding Test, Track and Treat in mining areas of Suriname
Objectives
To reduce the morbidity due to malaria among gold miners in Suriname.
Rationale and Abstract
The Malaria Elimination program included the following strategies:
- Mobile Medical Malaria Service Deliverers (MSD) who use both a boat and all-terrain vehicles to proactively provide Test and Treat services to gold miners in more remote locations.
- “Fixed Post” Malaria Service Delivers, situated at key locations where many miners stay and/or pass through.
- New volunteer MSD recruited and trained, and existing MSD retrained. These volunteers provide more informal Testing and Treatment in remote mining communities.
- Expansion of services offered to (migrant) mining popultions.
- “Zorg en Hoop” Airport Cabin / Kiosk in Paramaribo, managed and staffed by the Suriname Malaria Program during peak hours for flights to the Lawa River area.
- A Medical Clinic at the Airport in Lawatabiki, funded and overseen by the Ministry of Health.
External reference
Themes
Capacity Building
Health Systems
Indigenous Cases & Importation
Residual Transmission
Vulnerable Populations
Date
Apr 2015 — Mar 2024
Total Project Funding
$8.44M
Funding Details
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