Brazilian Gold Miners Working Irregularly in French Guiana: Health Status and Risk Determinants
Brazilian garimpeiros are a highly hard-to-reach and mobile population, with little access to basic hygiene and health services, and have been crossing the border to work irregularly in gold mines in French Guiana since the 1990s. This study aimed to characterize this population and identify their m...
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| author | Amanda Figueira da Silva Vivian da Cruz Franco Maylis Douine Hermano Gomes Albuquerque Louise Hureau Alice Sanna Pamela Mosquera Atehortua Rafael dos Santos Pereira Simone da Silva Santos Paola Barbosa Marchesini Gustavo Bretas Margarete do Socorro Mendonça Gomes Yann Lambert Martha Cecília Suárez-Mutis |
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| description | Brazilian garimpeiros are a highly hard-to-reach and mobile population, with little access to basic hygiene and health services, and have been crossing the border to work irregularly in gold mines in French Guiana since the 1990s. This study aimed to characterize this population and identify their main health problems. A cross-sectional study was carried out in the municipality of Oiapoque-AP, with two surveys: before (2018) and after (2019) the implementation of Malakit. Individuals were recruited from resting places and given a questionnaire regarding demographic variables, history and knowledge of malaria, and health issues in the mines. Simultaneously, a clinical evaluation was performed. The garimpeiros were mainly men from Maranhão, Pará, and Amapá, with a low educational level and who had worked on average for 10 years in the mining sites. The study population mentioned numerous health problems: malaria, followed by leishmaniasis, flu, body aches, headaches, and digestive problems. Other diseases mentioned were skin diseases, bat bites, hepatitis, and HIV infection. This vulnerable population is constantly subjected to heavy routines and exposed to different diseases and infections that can spread across borders. Knowledge of this is essential for developing public health policies that can be integrated into specific epidemiological situations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8f7522177dff4e498843fe03b02c000a2025-01-24T13:51:22ZengMDPI AGTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease2414-63662024-12-011011210.3390/tropicalmed10010012Brazilian Gold Miners Working Irregularly in French Guiana: Health Status and Risk DeterminantsAmanda Figueira da Silva0Vivian da Cruz Franco1Maylis Douine2Hermano Gomes Albuquerque3Louise Hureau4Alice Sanna5Pamela Mosquera Atehortua6Rafael dos Santos Pereira7Simone da Silva Santos8Paola Barbosa Marchesini9Gustavo Bretas10Margarete do Socorro Mendonça Gomes11Yann Lambert12Martha Cecília Suárez-Mutis13Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Institute/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, BrazilLaboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Institute/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, BrazilAndréé Rosemon Hospital (CHAR), Cayenne 97306, French GuianaLaboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Institute/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, BrazilAndréé Rosemon Hospital (CHAR), Cayenne 97306, French GuianaAndréé Rosemon Hospital (CHAR), Cayenne 97306, French GuianaPost-Graduate Program in Tropical Medicine, Oswaldo Cruz Institute/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, BrazilLaboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Institute/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, BrazilLaboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Institute/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, BrazilMinistry of Health, Department of Transmissible Diseases Surveillance, Brasilia 70058-900, BrazilIndependent Researcher, Rio de Janeiro 22250-040, BrazilHealth Surveillance Superintendent of Amapá, Amapá 68902-865, BrazilAndréé Rosemon Hospital (CHAR), Cayenne 97306, French GuianaLaboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Institute/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, BrazilBrazilian garimpeiros are a highly hard-to-reach and mobile population, with little access to basic hygiene and health services, and have been crossing the border to work irregularly in gold mines in French Guiana since the 1990s. This study aimed to characterize this population and identify their main health problems. A cross-sectional study was carried out in the municipality of Oiapoque-AP, with two surveys: before (2018) and after (2019) the implementation of Malakit. Individuals were recruited from resting places and given a questionnaire regarding demographic variables, history and knowledge of malaria, and health issues in the mines. Simultaneously, a clinical evaluation was performed. The garimpeiros were mainly men from Maranhão, Pará, and Amapá, with a low educational level and who had worked on average for 10 years in the mining sites. The study population mentioned numerous health problems: malaria, followed by leishmaniasis, flu, body aches, headaches, and digestive problems. Other diseases mentioned were skin diseases, bat bites, hepatitis, and HIV infection. This vulnerable population is constantly subjected to heavy routines and exposed to different diseases and infections that can spread across borders. Knowledge of this is essential for developing public health policies that can be integrated into specific epidemiological situations.https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/10/1/12gold minersmalariahealth determinants |
| spellingShingle | Amanda Figueira da Silva Vivian da Cruz Franco Maylis Douine Hermano Gomes Albuquerque Louise Hureau Alice Sanna Pamela Mosquera Atehortua Rafael dos Santos Pereira Simone da Silva Santos Paola Barbosa Marchesini Gustavo Bretas Margarete do Socorro Mendonça Gomes Yann Lambert Martha Cecília Suárez-Mutis Brazilian Gold Miners Working Irregularly in French Guiana: Health Status and Risk Determinants Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease gold miners malaria health determinants |
| title | Brazilian Gold Miners Working Irregularly in French Guiana: Health Status and Risk Determinants |
| title_full | Brazilian Gold Miners Working Irregularly in French Guiana: Health Status and Risk Determinants |
| title_fullStr | Brazilian Gold Miners Working Irregularly in French Guiana: Health Status and Risk Determinants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Brazilian Gold Miners Working Irregularly in French Guiana: Health Status and Risk Determinants |
| title_short | Brazilian Gold Miners Working Irregularly in French Guiana: Health Status and Risk Determinants |
| title_sort | brazilian gold miners working irregularly in french guiana health status and risk determinants |
| topic | gold miners malaria health determinants |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/10/1/12 |
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