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Prevention and curative treatment of malaria
Prevention and treatment of malaria disease: the Web site provides general advice to the public and specific medical information to healthcare professionals.
The Web site provides general information on malaria to the public and scientific items to healthcare professionals.
Drugs, insecticides, bed nets... all preventive resources
It is important to protect oneself from a mosquito bite as it transmits the malaria parasite. For this, use bed net treated with insecticide and spray insecticides in bedrooms. This is especially important for pregnant women and children under the age of 5 years-old.
Scientists are working on a vaccine that will effectively protect people against malaria infection.
Amodiaquine, artesunate, and other drugs can be used for malaria cure
For the treatment of non-complicated malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the W.H.O recommends to use artemisinin-based combination therapy (A.CT.). ACTs are combination of a derivative of Artemisinin (such as artesunate, artemether...) and another antimalarial drug like amodiaquine, mefloquine, etc. Doctors and pharmacists can help you to choose the ACT fitted.
To learn more about malaria’s cure and its prevention, consult the section entitled “Treatment”.
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