Bibliographic Info
GuidelineWHO guidelines for malaria, 13 August 2025
Year of Publication2025
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Updated
Recommended against
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Low
The deployment of topical repellents in areas with ongoing malaria transmission is not recommended if the aim is to prevent and control malaria at the community level.
Notes and Remarks
- 1.Further work is required to investigate the potential public health value of topical repellents to separate out potential effects at the individual and/or community level. Analysis conducted to date indicates that there is no significant impact on malaria when the intervention is deployed at community-level due to the high level of individual compliance needed.