Community perception of malaria in a vulnerable municipality in the Colombian Pacific

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Carol Yovanna Rosero, Gloria Isabel Jaramillo, Franco Andrés Montenegro, César García, Arelis Alexandra Coral
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2020
• Subjects: Malaria; Community; Knowledge; Attitudes; Practice; Colombia; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Kap; Pacific
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03404-4; https://doaj.org/article/d73a47a8bc6f4b88a8aa4a433b5c7a9d

Abstract Background Malaria primarily affects populations living in poor socioeconomic conditions, with limited access to basic services, deteriorating environmental conditions, and barriers to accessing health services. Control programmes are designed without participation from the communities invo...