Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
In women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, consider weekly chemoprophylaxis with chloroquine until delivery and breastfeeding are completed, then, on the basis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) status, treat with primaquine to prevent future relapse.
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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, 31 March 2022.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 3 June 2022.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 25 November 2022.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 16 October 2023.
WHO Guidelines for malaria, 14 March 2023
WHO guidelines for malaria, 30 November 2024.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 13 August 2025