Stephen Vreden
Biographic Data
| ID | 5141359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Vreden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Vreden |
| SIGNATURE | VREDEN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Academic Hospital Paramaribo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3959-737X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A multicentric cross-sectional survey to assess cardiovascular risk factors among persons working in informal gold mines in French-Guiana
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. French Guiana has a high prevalence of these diseases, responsible for high morbidity. The persons involved in informal gold mining sites in French Guiana are subject to poor health determinants. Various studies have shown their precariousness and their susceptibility to infectious diseases. However, no studies have ever assessed their cardiovascular risk factors. The aim of this w…
Prevalence of lead poisoning among artisanal gold miners in French Guiana in 2022
This study is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov under the identifier NCT05540470 (registered on September 12, 2022)
Is malaria elimination in the Amazon rainforest feasible? The case of Suriname
This opinion paper summarizes the strategy applied toward malaria elimination in Suriname and highlights its relevance and feasibility for implementation in similar Amazon rainforest settings. The country implemented a strategy in both stable and nonstable communities, which included robust surveillance, maximizing access to early diagnosis and treatment, retreatment strategies, and ample distribution of insecticide-treated nets. Decades of susta…
Training-of-trainers program for community health workers involved in an innovative and community-based intervention against malaria among goldminers in the Guiana shield
Introduction An innovative and community-based intervention is implemented in the Guiana Shield to eliminate malaria among people involved in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. The intervention consists of the distribution of malaria self-management kits to goldminers and the presumptive treatment for individuals at risk of carrying Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites. The intervention is possible owing to community health workers (CHWs) who are pre…
Community engagement in mobile and hard-to-reach populations
Several countries of the Guiana Shield are aiming at the control and elimination of malaria in areas where Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) activities predominate, raising questions about how to strengthen community engagement to improve the effectiveness of health programs. The Curema project focuses its intervention on the mobile and hard-to-reach ASGM population, complementing the efforts of national programs in the Guiana Shield. …
Involving hard-to-reach populations is pivotal for the tailoring and implementation of an epidemiological study in cross-border communities of French Guiana and Suriname
Background: Hard-to-reach, vulnerable and cross-border populations are often disproportionately affected by communicable diseases. Epidemiological data on viral hepatitis in French Guiana and Suriname are available for urban areas, but not for remote communities. The Maroni River, which separates FG and Suriname, is home to Tribal and Indigenous communities. Reaching these populations is challenging due to logistical constraints, cultural and lan…
Social determinants of health among people working on informal gold mines in French Guiana
INTRODUCTION: Social determinants of health, such as living and working conditions, economical and environmental context and access to care, combine to impact the health of individuals and communities. In French Guiana (FG), the persons working in informal artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the rainforest are a particularly vulnerable population which lives in precarious conditions and far from the health system. Previous studies have demon…
Implementation of a novel malaria management strategy based on self-testing and self-treatment in remote areas in the Amazon (Malakit)
ClinicalTrials.gov. NCT03695770 . 10/02/2018 "Retrospectively registered
Fifty years of primary health care in the rainforest
The significant reduction of the infectious disease burden; the doubling of the population size and the growth of the proportion of elderly individuals due to the declining death rates; the declining infant mortality rates to levels comparable to the national average as well as the decline in average numbers of polyclinic consultations per person, indicate that Medical Missions health service provision achieved its goal of improving the health an…
Population movements and the HIV cascade in recently diagnosed patients at the French Guiana -Suriname border
Border areas are particular “hot spots” generating high levels of HIV vulnerability and facing great challenges to control epidemics. The objective of this study is to describe the sociodemographic, clinical and biological profiles of newly HIV diagnosed people at the French Guiana - Suriname border, to construct an HIV care cascade and compare it with the Surinamese one. HIV-patients aged over 15 years newly diagnosed in western French Guiana in…
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Population movements and the HIV cascade in recently diagnosed patients at the French Guiana -Suriname border
Border areas are particular “hot spots” generating high levels of HIV vulnerability and facing great challenges to control epidemics. The objective of this study is to describe the sociodemographic, clinical and biological profiles of newly HIV diagnosed people at the French Guiana - Suriname border, to construct an HIV care cascade and compare it with the Surinamese one. HIV-patients aged over 15 years newly diagnosed in western French Guiana in…
Fifty years of primary health care in the rainforest
The significant reduction of the infectious disease burden; the doubling of the population size and the growth of the proportion of elderly individuals due to the declining death rates; the declining infant mortality rates to levels comparable to the national average as well as the decline in average numbers of polyclinic consultations per person, indicate that Medical Missions health service provision achieved its goal of improving the health an…
Implementation of a novel malaria management strategy based on self-testing and self-treatment in remote areas in the Amazon (Malakit)
ClinicalTrials.gov. NCT03695770 . 10/02/2018 "Retrospectively registered
Involving hard-to-reach populations is pivotal for the tailoring and implementation of an epidemiological study in cross-border communities of French Guiana and Suriname
Background: Hard-to-reach, vulnerable and cross-border populations are often disproportionately affected by communicable diseases. Epidemiological data on viral hepatitis in French Guiana and Suriname are available for urban areas, but not for remote communities. The Maroni River, which separates FG and Suriname, is home to Tribal and Indigenous communities. Reaching these populations is challenging due to logistical constraints, cultural and lan…
Social determinants of health among people working on informal gold mines in French Guiana
INTRODUCTION: Social determinants of health, such as living and working conditions, economical and environmental context and access to care, combine to impact the health of individuals and communities. In French Guiana (FG), the persons working in informal artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the rainforest are a particularly vulnerable population which lives in precarious conditions and far from the health system. Previous studies have demon…
Training-of-trainers program for community health workers involved in an innovative and community-based intervention against malaria among goldminers in the Guiana shield
Introduction An innovative and community-based intervention is implemented in the Guiana Shield to eliminate malaria among people involved in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. The intervention consists of the distribution of malaria self-management kits to goldminers and the presumptive treatment for individuals at risk of carrying Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites. The intervention is possible owing to community health workers (CHWs) who are pre…
Community engagement in mobile and hard-to-reach populations
Several countries of the Guiana Shield are aiming at the control and elimination of malaria in areas where Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) activities predominate, raising questions about how to strengthen community engagement to improve the effectiveness of health programs. The Curema project focuses its intervention on the mobile and hard-to-reach ASGM population, complementing the efforts of national programs in the Guiana Shield. …
Prevalence of lead poisoning among artisanal gold miners in French Guiana in 2022
This study is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov under the identifier NCT05540470 (registered on September 12, 2022)
Is malaria elimination in the Amazon rainforest feasible? The case of Suriname
This opinion paper summarizes the strategy applied toward malaria elimination in Suriname and highlights its relevance and feasibility for implementation in similar Amazon rainforest settings. The country implemented a strategy in both stable and nonstable communities, which included robust surveillance, maximizing access to early diagnosis and treatment, retreatment strategies, and ample distribution of insecticide-treated nets. Decades of susta…
A multicentric cross-sectional survey to assess cardiovascular risk factors among persons working in informal gold mines in French-Guiana
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. French Guiana has a high prevalence of these diseases, responsible for high morbidity. The persons involved in informal gold mining sites in French Guiana are subject to poor health determinants. Various studies have shown their precariousness and their susceptibility to infectious diseases. However, no studies have ever assessed their cardiovascular risk factors. The aim of this w…
Environmental health (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Public health (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Malaria (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Biostatistics (3 works) · Cross-sectional study (3 works) · Epidemiology (3 works)