Bibliographic Info
GuidelineWHO guidelines for malaria, 13 August 2025
Year of Publication2025
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Updated
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
Qualitative near-patient tests for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency should be used to inform administration of specific treatment regimens to prevent relapses of P. vivax and P. ovale. G6PD non-deficient individuals can receive 0.5 mg/kg/day primaquine for 14 days or 0.5 mg/kg/day primaquine for 7 days.