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Malaria Survey in Post-Earthquake Haiti—2010
David Townes
David Townes
Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Department of Epidemiology and Laboratory Research, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Save the Children, Jacmel, Haiti; Save the Children, Léogâne, Haiti; The MENTOR Initiative, La Prade, France; United States Public Health Service
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Alexandre Existe
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Jacques Boncy
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Roc Magloire
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Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Department of Epidemiology and Laboratory Research, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Save the Children, Jacmel, Haiti; Save the Children, Léogâne, Haiti; The MENTOR Initiative, La Prade, France; United States Public Health Service
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Jean-Francois Vely
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Ribka Amsalu
Ribka Amsalu
Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Department of Epidemiology and Laboratory Research, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Save the Children, Jacmel, Haiti; Save the Children, Léogâne, Haiti; The MENTOR Initiative, La Prade, France; United States Public Health Service
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Marleen De Tavernier
Marleen De Tavernier
Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Department of Epidemiology and Laboratory Research, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Save the Children, Jacmel, Haiti; Save the Children, Léogâne, Haiti; The MENTOR Initiative, La Prade, France; United States Public Health Service
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James Muigai
James Muigai
Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Department of Epidemiology and Laboratory Research, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Save the Children, Jacmel, Haiti; Save the Children, Léogâne, Haiti; The MENTOR Initiative, La Prade, France; United States Public Health Service
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Sarah Hoibak
Sarah Hoibak
Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Department of Epidemiology and Laboratory Research, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Save the Children, Jacmel, Haiti; Save the Children, Léogâne, Haiti; The MENTOR Initiative, La Prade, France; United States Public Health Service
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Michael Albert
Michael Albert
Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Department of Epidemiology and Laboratory Research, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Save the Children, Jacmel, Haiti; Save the Children, Léogâne, Haiti; The MENTOR Initiative, La Prade, France; United States Public Health Service
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Meredith McMorrow
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Laurence Slutsker
Laurence Slutsker
Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Department of Epidemiology and Laboratory Research, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Save the Children, Jacmel, Haiti; Save the Children, Léogâne, Haiti; The MENTOR Initiative, La Prade, France; United States Public Health Service
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S. Patrick Kachur
S. Patrick Kachur
Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Department of Epidemiology and Laboratory Research, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Save the Children, Jacmel, Haiti; Save the Children, Léogâne, Haiti; The MENTOR Initiative, La Prade, France; United States Public Health Service
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Michelle Chang
Michelle Chang
Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Department of Epidemiology and Laboratory Research, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Save the Children, Jacmel, Haiti; Save the Children, Léogâne, Haiti; The MENTOR Initiative, La Prade, France; United States Public Health Service
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Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and Population collaborated with global partners to enhance malaria surveillance in two disaster-affected areas within 3 months of the January 2010 earthquake. Data were collected between March 4 and April 9, 2010 by mobile medical teams. Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) were used for case confirmation. A convenience sample of 1,629 consecutive suspected malaria patients was included. Of these patients, 1,564 (96%) patients had malaria RDTs performed, and 317 (20.3%) patients were positive. Of the 317 case-patients with a positive RDT, 278 (87.7%) received chloroquine, 8 (2.5%) received quinine, and 31 (9.8%) had no antimalarial treatment recorded. Our experience shows that mobile medical teams trained in the use of malaria RDTs had a high rate of testing suspected malaria cases and that the majority of patients with positive RDTs received appropriate antimalarial treatment. Malaria RDTs were useful in the post-disaster setting where logistical and technical constraints limited the use of microscopy.
Author Notes
Authors' addresses: David Townes, Laurence Slutsker, and Michelle Chang, Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, E-mails: townesd@uw.edu, lms5@cdc.gov, and aup6@cdc.gov. Alexandre Existe and Jacques Boncy, National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, E-mails: Alexandre.existe@gmail.com and Jboncy2001@yahoo.fr. Roc Magloire, Department of Epidemiology and Laboratory Research, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, E-mail: Corgamsa368@hotmail.com. Jean-Francois Vely, National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health and Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Ribka Amsalu, Save the Children, E-mail: ramsalu@savechildren.org. Marleen De Tavernier, Save the Children, Jacmel, Haiti, E-mail: mtavernier@savechildren.org. James Muigai, Save the Children, Léogâne, Haiti, E-mail: jmungai@savechildren.org. Sarah Hoibak and Michael Albert, The MENTOR Initiative, La Prade, France, E-mails: sarahhoibak@hotmail.com and michael.a.albert@gmail.com. Meredith McMorrow and S. Patrick Kachur, Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, and United States Public Health Service, E-mails: bwe3@cdc.gov and spk0@cdc.gov.
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United Nations Development Programme. Available at: http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/. Accessed March 20, 2011.
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2.
US Census Bureau. Available at: http://www.census.gov/newsroom/emergencies/earthquake_in_haiti.html. Accessed June 23, 2011.
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3.
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Available at: http://www.paho.org/english/sha/prflhai.htm. Accessed March 20, 2011.
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4.
Magloire R, Mung K, Cookson ST, Tappero J, Barzilay E, Dominguez K, Dubray C, Lindblade K, Jentes ES, Willis M, Tohme RA, Sprecher AG, El Bcheraoui C, Walldorf JA, 2010. Rapid establishment of an internally displaced persons disease surveillance system after an earthquake—Haiti, 2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 59: 939–945.
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GeoNames. Available at: http://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=jacmel%2C+haiti&country=. Accessed March 20, 2011.
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Wikipedia. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_populated_places_affected_by_the_2010_Haiti_earthquake. Accessed March 20, 2011.
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7.
World Health Organization, 2010. Information Note on Recommended Selection Criteria for Procurement of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs), Global Malaria Programme, World Health Organization, September 16, 2010. Available at: http://www.theglobalfund.org/documents/psm/PSM_RDTSelection_Criteria_en/. Accessed March 20, 2011.
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Existe A, Freeman N, Boncy J, Magloire R, Vely J-F, Chang M, Bishop H, Macedo de Oliverira A, McMorrow M, Dasilva A, Barnwell J, Slutsker L, Townes D, 2010. Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria—Haiti, 2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 59: 1372–1373.
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9.
Vanderwal T, Paulton R, 2000. Malaria in the Limbe River Valley in northern Haiti: a hospital-based retrospective study, 1975–1997. Rev Panam Salud Publica 7: 162–167.
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10.
Neuberger A, Zaulan O, Tenenboim S, Vernet S, Pex R, Held K, Urman M, Garpenfeldt K, Schwartz E, 2011. Malaria among patients and aid workers consulting a primary healthcare centre in Leogane, Haiti, November 2010 to February 2011—a prospective observational study. Euro Surveill 16: 19829.
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