ArticleMilitary Medical Research2017
The need for preventive and curative services for malaria when the military is deployed in endemic overseas territories: a case study and lessons learned.
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- Preventing the re-establishment of malaria in Sri Lanka amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.Malaria journal · 2020Article
- Mass radical treatment of a group of foreign workers to mitigate the risk of re-establishment of malaria in Sri Lanka.Malaria journal · 2020Article
- Success of malaria chemoprophylaxis for outbound civil and military travellers in prevention of reintroduction of malaria in Sri Lanka.International health · 2020Article
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- Response of imported malaria patients to antimalarial medicines in Sri Lanka following malaria elimination.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundSri Lanka has been free from indigenous malaria since November 2012 and received the WHO certificate for malaria-free status in September 2016. Due to increased global travel, imported malaria cases continue to be reported in the country. Military personnel returning home from international peace-keeping missions in malaria endemic countries represent a key risk group in terms of imported malaria. The present study intended to characterize the potential causes of a malaria outbreak among the Sri Lankan security forces personnel deployed in the Central African Republic (CAR).
methodsData were collected from a cross-sectional survey distributed among Sri Lankan Air Force personnel who had returned from United Nations peace-keeping missions in the CAR region. A pre-tested questionnaire was used for the data collection, and focus group discussions were also conducted.
resultsOne hundred twenty male Air Force personnel were interviewed (out of a group of 122 officers and airmen). All participants were deployed in the CAR for 14 months and were aware of the existence of chemoprophylaxis against malaria. The majority of the subjects (92.5%, 111/120) also knew that prophylaxis should be started prior to departure. However, the regular use of chemoprophylaxis was reported by only 61.7% (74/120) of the sample. Overall, 30.8% of the participants (37/120) had 44 symptomatic episodes of malaria during deployment, and one person succumbed to severe malaria. All cases were associated with noncompliance with chemoprophylaxis.
conclusionBetter coordination with overseas healthcare services and the establishment of directly observed chemoprophylaxis may help to avoid similar outbreaks in the future.
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