antimalarial
Prevention and curative treatment of malaria
The website contains articles describing malaria treatment according to international guidelines.
The Web site provides general information on malaria to the public and scientific items to healthcare professionals.
Prevention: drugs, mosquito bed nets...
Long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets can protect families from mosquito’s bites. They are recommended by the World Health Organization (W.H.O). Today, preventing malaria with drugs is only recommended for pregnant women in endemics countries and for travellers coming from a non-endemic country. Doctor or pharmacists will prescribe the drug required in line with guidelines of the country.
Scientists are working on a vaccine that will effectively protect people against malaria infection.
Malaria: curative treatment
Uncomplicated malaria attack can be treated by oral drugs. Only doctors or pharmacists can provide the appropriate antimalarial drug according to the specific parasite responsible for malaria (plasmodium) and according to your personal profile.
To learn more about malaria’s cure and its prevention, consult the section entitled “Treatment”.
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