The Guiana Shield, a small region of South America, is currently one of the main hotspots of malaria transmission on the continent. This Amazonian area is characterised by remarkable socioeconomic, cultural, health, and political heterogeneity and a high degree of regional and cross-border population mobility, which has contributed to the increase of malaria in the region in the past few years. In this context, regional cooperation to control malaria represents both a challenge and an indispensable initiative. This Viewpoint advocates for the creation of a regional cooperative mechanism for the elimination of malaria in the Guiana Shield. This strategy would help address operational and political obstacles to successful technical cooperation in the region and could contribute to reversing the regional upsurge in malaria incidence through creating a functional international control and elimination partnership.

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圭亚那地盾合作控制和消除疟疾


圭亚那地盾是南美洲的一个小地区，目前是该大陆疟疾传播的主要热点之一。这个亚马逊地区的特点是显着的社会经济、文化、健康和政治异质性以及高度的区域和跨境人口流动性，这导致了过去几年该地区疟疾的增加。在此背景下，控制疟疾的区域合作既是一项挑战，也是一项不可或缺的举措。该观点主张建立圭亚那地盾消除疟疾区域合作机制。该战略将有助于解决该区域成功开展技术合作的业务和政治障碍，并可通过建立有效的国际控制和消除伙伴关系，有助于扭转区域疟疾发病率激增的趋势。