2023-11-28 21:24:15
28/11/23
Elimination of malaria: Paho confirms its support for Guyana
France is committed to eliminating malaria from its territory in the coming years. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) came to Guyana in mid-November to meet the stakeholders and observe the initiatives taken to achieve this. Several works will be carried out next year, in particular to allow wider use of primaquine.
There are unfortunate circumstances. At the time when several officials from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/PAHO) were in Guyana to see the efforts undertaken to eliminate malaria from the territory, the Delocalized Prevention and Care Center (CDPS) of Saint-Georges reported several case in the municipality. To date, around twenty in four weeks. The occurrence of these new cases does not change anything in the trajectory undertaken by the government at the start of 2022: that of eliminating malaria from the territory in the short term (read the Professional Letter of February 16, 2022).
In 2005, Guyana had 4,500 cases per year. Since then, their number has been divided by more than thirty to settle between 100 and 150 per year. With the occurrence of six cases in Matoury in June, the prospect of being certified as a malaria-free territory in 2025 has become distant: the WHO requires three consecutive years without indigenous transmission. The objective is now to have none this year and the following two, to be certified in 2028. To achieve this, several major projects will be carried out next year, particularly in terms of access to care: sustainability of Malakit, deployment of a G6PD rapid test, marketing authorization for primaquine, implementation of an active case search strategy and even creation of an epidemiological-clinical information system (read below ).
On November 15, during a steering committee with stakeholders in the fight against malaria in Guyana, in Matoury, Blanca Escribano, advisor in charge of malaria elimination at PAHO headquarters, in Washington (United States). United), hailed “an important moment for the entire territory, but also for the Americas”. This meeting punctuated a week of field visit: visit to the Chog laboratory, the infectious and tropical diseases unit and the CHC laboratory, meeting with the CDPS coordination and with the team from the Saint-Pierre health center. Georges, observation of an active case search campaign in Regina… By the end of the year, the Paho will send its report to the ARS, with its recommendations.
“We are very proud that Guyana has committed to this initiative,” concluded Solange Kobi-Jacksonm, family and community health advisor at Paho. There is the political will but if the actors had not been involved, we would not be here. You can count on the support of OPS. We will continue to provide you with technical support and we will be very happy to return to Guyana to celebrate this elimination of malaria in the territory. »
France is committed to eliminating malaria from its territory in the coming years. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) came to Guyana in mid-November to meet the stakeholders and observe the initiatives taken to achieve this. Several work will be carried out next year, in particular to allow wider use of primaquine.
There are unfortunate circumstances. At the time when several officials from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/PAHO) were in Guyana to see the efforts undertaken to eliminate malaria from the territory, the Delocalized Prevention and Care Center (CDPS) of Saint-Georges reported several case in the municipality. To date, around twenty in four weeks. The occurrence of these new cases does not change anything in the trajectory undertaken by the government at the start of 2022: that of eliminating malaria from the territory in the short term (read the Professional Letter of February 16, 2022). ;
In 2005, Guyana had 4,500 cases per year. Since then, their number has been divided by more than thirty to settle between 100 and 150 per year. With the occurrence of six cases in Matoury in June, the prospect of being certified as a malaria-free territory in 2025 has become distant: the WHO requires three consecutive years without indigenous transmission. The objective is now to have none this year and the following two, to be certified in 2028. To achieve this, several major projects will be carried out next year, particularly in terms of access to care: sustainability of Malakit, deployment of a rapid G6PD test, marketing authorization for primaquine, implementation of an active case search strategy or even creation of an epidemiological-clinical information system (read below below).
On November 15, during a steering committee with stakeholders in the fight against malaria in Guyana, in Matoury, Blanca Escribano, advisor in charge of malaria elimination at PAHO headquarters in Washington (United States), welcomed “an important moment for the entire territory, but also for the Americas”. This meeting punctuated a week of field visit: visit to the Chog laboratory, the infectious and tropical diseases unit and the CHC laboratory, meeting with the CDPS coordination and with the team from the Saint health center -Georges, observation of an active case search campaign in Regina… By the end of the year, the Paho will send its report to the ARS, with its recommendations.
“We are very proud that Guyana is committed to this initiative,” concluded Solange Kobi-Jacksonm, family and community health advisor at Paho. There is the political will but if the actors had not been involved, we would not be here. You can count on the support of OPS. We will continue to provide you with technical support and we will be very happy to return to Guyana to celebrate this elimination of malaria in the territory. »
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