ArticleBMC public health2017
Illegal gold miners in French Guiana: a neglected population with poor health.
Article in BMC public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT02903706 (Prevalence of Malaria Parasites in People Working in Illegal Gold Mining in French Guiana), which is not on this map. Cited by 68 papers.
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Prevalence of Malaria Parasites in People Working in Illegal Gold Mining in French Guiana
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68 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Nurse-community health mediator pairs: a promising model for promoting the health of populations in remote areas of the French Amazon.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Brazilian Gold Miners Working Irregularly in French Guiana: Health Status and Risk Determinants.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Prioritisation of infectious diseases from a public health perspective: a multi-criteria decision analysis study, France, 2024.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2024Article
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- CUREMA project: a further step towards malaria elimination among hard-to-reach and mobile populations.Malaria journal · 2024Article
- Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in pregnant women in an amazonian region: a large retrospective study from French Guiana.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2024Article
- Clinical and parasitological features of Leishmania infection among gold miners in the Oiapoque basin, an international Brazil-French Guiana border.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Forty Years of HIV Research in French Guiana: Comprehend to Combat.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Detection of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia bacteria in humans, wildlife, and ticks in the Amazon rainforest.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Arboviruses and pregnancy: are the threats visible or hidden?Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn French Guiana, a French overseas territory in South America, 6 to 10 thousands undocumented persons work illegally in gold mining sites in the Amazonian forest. Precarious life conditions lead to poor health but few data exist on the health status of illegal gold miners in French Guiana. The objective of this article was to describe the sociodemographic and health status of this vulnerable population.
methodA prospective cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2015 on gold mine supply sites at the border between French Guiana and Suriname. Health status was assessed through medical examination, past medical history, haemoglobin concentration, and HIV and malaria testing. A questionnaire was used to collect data about the migration itinerary and life conditions on mining sites.
resultsAmong the 421 adults included in the study, 93.8% (395/421) were Brazilian, mainly from Maranhão (55.7%, 220/395), the poorest Brazilian state. The sex ratio was 2.4. Overall, 48% of persons never went to school or beyond the primary level. The median time spent in gold mining was quite long (10 years), with a high turn-over. One third of the surveyed population (37.1%, 156/421) had high blood pressure, and only two had a medical follow-up. Most persons had experienced malaria (89.3%, 376/421). They declared frequent arboviroses and digestive disorders. Active leishmaniasis was observed in 8.3% of gold miners. Among women, 28.5% were anemic. Concerning HIV, 36.6% (154/421) of persons, mainly men, never got tested before and 6 were tested positive, which represented an HIV prevalence of 1.43% (95%CI =0.29-2.5).
conclusionThese findings support the hypothesis that mining in remote areas is linked to several specific illnesses. Theoretically, gold miners would be presumed to start their economical migration to French Guiana as a healthy group. However, their strenuous working and living conditions there lead to poor health caused by infectious and non infectious diseases. This description of their health status is precious for health policy planners in French Guiana given the importance of controlling communicable disease, and the severity and range of specific illnesses acquired by this neglected population.
trial registrationClinical trial registration PRS N° NCT02903706 . Retrospectively registered 09/13/2016.
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