Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
Where complete treatment of severe malaria is not possible, but injections are available, adults and children should be given a single intramuscular dose of artesunate, and referred to an appropriate facility for further care. Where intramuscular artesunate is not available, intramuscular artemether or, if that is not available, intramuscular quinine should be used.
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This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Guidelines for the treatment of malaria
WHO guidelines for malaria, 16 February 2021.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 13 July 2021.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 18 February 2022.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 3 June 2022.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 25 November 2022.
WHO Guidelines for malaria, 14 March 2023
WHO guidelines for malaria, 30 November 2024.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 13 August 2025