Bibliographic Info
GuidelineWHO guidelines for malaria, 30 November 2024.
Year of Publication2024
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Maintained
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.
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Originally Developed
Guideline
WHO guidelines for malaria, 16 October 2023.
Year2023
InstitutionWorld Health Organization