Four countries met in Paramaribo to finish the job Suriname started on malaria

Health authorities from Brazil, France (French Guiana), Guyana and Suriname gathered in Paramaribo this August to accelerate the push toward a malaria-free Guiana Shield. With Suriname already certified malaria-free, the meeting focused on the hardest remaining pockets — mining communities and Indigenous populations — and on shared surveillance so no country's progress unravels its neighbors'. Suriname's president opened the meeting, underscoring that the final mile will take the whole region together.