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WHO Guidelines for malaria [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021 Jul 13.

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  1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  2. INTRODUCTION
  3. ABBREVIATIONS
  4. PREVENTION
    4.1.

    Vector control

    4.1.1.

    Interventions recommended for large-scale deployment

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    4.1.2.

    Combining ITNs and IRS

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    4.1.3.

    Supplementary interventions

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    4.1.4.

    Other considerations for vector control

    4.1.4.1.

    Special situations

    4.1.4.2.

    Implementation challenges

    4.1.4.3.

    Monitoring and evaluation of vector control

    4.1.5.

    Research needs

    4.2.

    Preventive chemotherapies & Mass drug administration

    4.2.1.

    Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp)

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    4.2.2.

    Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi)

    4.2.3.

    Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC)

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  5. CASE MANAGEMENT
    5.1.

    Diagnosing malaria (2015)

    5.2.

    Treating uncomplicated malaria

    5.2.1.

    Artemisinin-based combination therapy

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    5.2.2.

    Duration of treatment

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    5.2.3.

    Dosing of ACTS

    5.2.4.

    Recurrent falciparum malaria

    5.2.5.

    Reducing the transmissibility of treated P. falciparum infections in areas of low-intensity transmission

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    5.3.

    Treating special risk groups

    5.3.1.

    Pregnant and lactating women

    5.3.2.

    Young children and infants

    5.3.3.

    Patients co-infected with HIV

    5.3.4.

    Non-immune travellers

    5.3.5.

    Uncomplicated hyperparasitaemia

    5.4.

    Treating uncomplicated malaria caused by P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae or P. knowlesi

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    5.5.

    Treating severe malaria

    5.5.1.

    Artesunate

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    5.5.2.

    Parenteral alternatives when artesunate is not available

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    5.5.3.

    Pre-referral treatment options

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    5.6.

    Chemoprevention in special risk groups

    5.7.

    Other considerations in treating malaria

    5.7.2.

    Quality of antimalarial drugs

    5.7.3.

    Monitoring efficacy and safety of antimalarial drugs and resistance

    5.8.

    National adaptation and implementation

  6. ELIMINATION
  7. SURVEILLANCE
  8. METHODS
  9. GLOSSARY
  10. CONTRIBUTORS AND INTERESTS
    10.1.

    Guidelines for malaria vector control

    10.2.

    Guidelines for the treatment of malaria

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