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The principle was that health workers called \u201cfacilitators\u201d provide the participants with a self-diagnosis and self-treatment kit along with adequate training and material to rapidly manage an episode of malaria symptoms on their own, when they find themselves isolated from health care services.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This paper describes the design, development, content of the intervention and players\u2019 organization of this multi-country project, the opportunities and constraints encountered, and the lessons learnt at this stage.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The choice not to implement the usual \u201cTest and Treat\u201d approach within the community is mainly driven by regulatory reasons. The content of medical messages tends to balance the tension between thoroughness, accuracy and efficacy. The wide range of tools developed through a participatory approach was intended to cope with the challenges of the literacy level of the target population. Despite the difficulties encountered due to language, regulation differences and distance between partners, cooperation was fruitful, due to the complementary of stakeholders, their involvement at all important stages and regular face-to-face meetings.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Discussion and conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This experience shows the feasibility of an ambitious project of action-research in a border malaria context, involving several countries and with a mobile and undocumented population. 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