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Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2023, WHO guidelines for malaria, 16 October 2023.
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GuidelineWHO Guidelines for malaria, 14 March 2023
Year of Publication2023
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Retired
Recommended against
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Low
Deployment of topical repellents for malaria prevention at the community level is not recommended; however, topical repellents may be beneficial as an intervention to provide personal protection against mosquito bites.
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
Guidelines for Malaria Vector Control
Year2019
InstitutionWHO
Guideline
WHO guidelines for malaria, 16 February 2021.
Year2021
InstitutionWHO
Guideline
WHO guidelines for malaria, 13 July 2021.
Year2021
InstitutionWHO
Guideline
WHO guidelines for malaria, 18 February 2022.
Year2022
InstitutionWHO
Guideline
WHO guidelines for malaria, 31 March 2022.
Year2022
InstitutionWHO
Guideline
WHO guidelines for malaria, 3 June 2022.
Year2022
InstitutionWHO
Guideline
WHO guidelines for malaria, 25 November 2022.
Year2022
InstitutionWorld Health Organization