[The public health department of the Western French Guiana Hospital: a 5-year return of experience].

Introduction: The western French Guiana hospital (Chog) is atypical. The creation of a public health department (PSP) is the result of a willingness of the institution to respond to public health issues on its territory. The main objective of this article is to identify the levers and impediments for the development of public health activities within this hospital, after five years of implementation.

[The public health department of the Western French Guiana Hospital: a 5-year return of experience].

Introduction: The western French Guiana hospital (Chog) is atypical. The creation of a public health department (PSP) is the result of a willingness of the institution to respond to public health issues on its territory. The main objective of this article is to identify the levers and impediments for the development of public health activities within this hospital, after five years of implementation.

Failure of a Mexican antivenom on recovery from snakebite-related coagulopathy in French Guiana.

Introduction: In French Guiana, most snakebites are caused by crotalids, with the main signs being tissue damage and bleeding due to venom-induced coagulopathy. Since December 2014 the Western Guiana Hospital (WGH) has used , a Mexican polyvalent antivenom. The aim of the study was to assess its benefit on the correction of snakebite-related coagulopathy.

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Introduction: The western French Guiana hospital (Chog) is atypical. The creation of a public health department (PSP) is the result of a willingness of the institution to respond to public health issues on its territory. The main objective of this article is to identify the levers and impediments for the development of public health activities within this hospital, after five years of implementation.

Prevalence of Plasmodium spp. in illegal gold miners in French Guiana in 2015: a hidden but critical malaria reservoir.

Background: Malaria is endemic in French Guiana, an overseas territory of France on the Guiana Shield. Since 2005, notified malaria cases are decreasing. However, new data show that malaria affects many Brazilian gold miners working illegally in French Guiana, the majority of whom are not counted in official data.