Bibliographic Info
Guideline—
Year of Publication—
Issuing Institution—
Recommendation
Status
Updated
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
Artemisinin-based combination therapies should be used in preference to sulfadoxinepyrimethamine (SP) plus amodiaquine (AQ) for the treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria.
Notes and Remarks
Addition of a single dose primaquine (0.75 mg/kg) to ACT treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria as an antigametocyte medicine, particularly as a component of pre-elimination or an elimination programme.