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How to protect from malaria and how to treat it?
The website contains articles describing malaria treatment according to international guidelines.
Our objective is to inform persons of countries where malaria is prevalent through partnering with doctors or scientists in these countries. We also want to bring updated information, scientific news and articles to healthcare professionals.
Advice for prevention: protect yourself from mosquito’s bites
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.
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.
For more details, consult the section entitled “Treatment”.
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