Malakit: an innovative pilot project to self-diagnose and self-treat malaria among illegal gold miners in the Guiana Shield.
Maylis DouineAlice SannaMuriel GalindoLise MussetVincent Pommier de SantiPaola MarchesiniEdgard Dias MagalhaesMartha Suarez-MutisHelene HiwatMathieu NacherStephen VredenLaure GarancherPublished in: Malaria journal (2018)
This project may be the best available solution to a specific and important public health challenge in the Guiana Shield. If the use of self-diagnosis and self-treatment approach is effective, this strategy could be sustained by health institutions in the region.