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Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2024, WHO guidelines for malaria, 30 November 2024.
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GuidelineWHO guidelines for malaria, 16 October 2023.
Year of Publication2023
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Retired
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Low
In low-transmission areas, a single dose of 0.25 mg/kg bw primaquine should be given with an ACT to patients with P. falciparum malaria (except pregnant women, infants aged < 6 months and women breastfeeding infants aged < 6 months) to reduce transmission. G6PD testing is not required.