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WHO region Insecticide-treated mosquito nets Indoor residual spraying Chemoprevention Testing Treatment Country/area ITNs/LLINs ITNs/LLINs ITNs/LLINs ITNs/LLINs IRS is DDT is used IPTp is used Seasonal Patients of all Malaria RDTs are G6PD test is ACT for Pre-referral Single dose of Primaquine Directly are are distributed distributed recommended for IRS to prevent malaria ages should diagnosis is used recommended treatment of treatment primaquine is used for observed distributed distributed through through by malaria malaria chemo get diagnostic free of charge at community before P. falciparum with quinine or is used as radical treatment free of through EPI/well mass control during prevention test in the public level treatment with artemether IM gametocidal treatment of with charge ANC baby clinic campaigns programme pregnancy (SMC or sector primaquine or artesunate medicine for P. vivax cases primaquine is IPTc) is used for suppositories P. falciparum1 undertaken is used treatment of P. vivax cases
AFRICAN Algeria NA NA NA NA NA NA – – NA – Angola NA Benin – Botswana NA NA NA NA Burkina Faso Burundi NA * Cabo Verde NA NA NA NA NA NA Cameroon Central African Republic NA Chad Comoros NA Congo NA Côte d’Ivoire NA Democratic Republic of the Congo NA Equatorial Guinea NA Eritrea NA Eswatini NA NA NA NA Ethiopia NA Gabon NA Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya NA Liberia NA Madagascar NA Malawi NA Mali Mauritania Mayotte – – – – NA NA – – – Mozambique NA Namibia NA NA NA Niger Nigeria Rwanda NA Sao Tome and Principe NA Senegal Sierra Leone NA South Africa NA NA South Sudan2 NA Togo * – Uganda NA United Republic of Tanzania3 NA Mainland NA Zanzibar NA Zambia NA Zimbabwe NA
AMERICAS Argentina NA NA NA Belize NA NA Bolivia (Plurinational State of) NA NA NA – Brazil NA NA Colombia NA NA
114 WHO region Insecticide-treated mosquito nets Indoor residual spraying Chemoprevention Testing Treatment Country/area ITNs/LLINs ITNs/LLINs ITNs/LLINs ITNs/LLINs IRS is DDT is used IPTp is used Seasonal Patients of all Malaria RDTs are G6PD test is ACT for Pre-referral Single dose of Primaquine Directly are are distributed distributed recommended for IRS to prevent malaria ages should diagnosis is used recommended treatment of treatment primaquine is used for observed distributed distributed through through by malaria malaria chemo get diagnostic free of charge at community before P. falciparum with quinine or is used as radical treatment free of through EPI/well mass control during prevention test in the public level treatment with artemether IM gametocidal treatment of with charge ANC baby clinic campaigns programme pregnancy (SMC or sector primaquine or artesunate medicine for P. vivax cases primaquine is IPTc) is used for suppositories P. falciparum1 undertaken is used treatment of P. vivax cases
AFRICAN Algeria NA NA NA NA NA NA – – NA – Angola NA Benin – Botswana NA NA NA NA Burkina Faso Burundi NA * Cabo Verde NA NA NA NA NA NA Cameroon Central African Republic NA Chad Comoros NA Congo NA Côte d’Ivoire NA Democratic Republic of the Congo NA Equatorial Guinea NA Eritrea NA Eswatini NA NA NA NA Ethiopia NA Gabon NA Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya NA Liberia NA Madagascar NA Malawi NA Mali Mauritania Mayotte – – – – NA NA – – – Mozambique NA Namibia NA NA NA Niger Nigeria Rwanda NA Sao Tome and Principe NA Senegal Sierra Leone NA South Africa NA NA South Sudan2 NA Togo * – Uganda NA United Republic of Tanzania3 NA Mainland NA Zanzibar NA Zambia NA Zimbabwe NA
AMERICAS Argentina NA NA NA Belize NA NA Bolivia (Plurinational State of) NA NA NA – Brazil NA NA Colombia NA NA 2019 REPORT MALARIA WORLD
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WHO region Insecticide-treated mosquito nets Indoor residual spraying Chemoprevention Testing Treatment Country/area ITNs/LLINs ITNs/LLINs ITNs/LLINs ITNs/LLINs IRS is DDT is used IPTp is used Seasonal Patients of all Malaria RDTs are G6PD test is ACT for Pre-referral Single dose of Primaquine Directly are are distributed distributed recommended for IRS to prevent malaria ages should diagnosis is used recommended treatment of treatment primaquine is used for observed distributed distributed through through by malaria malaria chemo get diagnostic free of charge at community before P. falciparum with quinine or is used as radical treatment free of through EPI/well mass control during prevention test in the public level treatment with artemether IM gametocidal treatment of with charge ANC baby clinic campaigns programme pregnancy (SMC or sector primaquine or artesunate medicine for P. vivax cases primaquine is IPTc) is used for suppositories P. falciparum1 undertaken is used treatment of P. vivax cases
AMERICAS Costa Rica NA NA Dominican Republic NA NA Ecuador NA NA El Salvador NA NA French Guiana NA NA – Guatemala NA NA – Guyana NA NA Haiti NA NA – Honduras NA NA Mexico NA NA Nicaragua NA NA Panama NA NA Peru NA NA Suriname NA NA Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) NA NA
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Afghanistan NA NA Djibouti NA NA Iran (Islamic Republic of) NA NA Pakistan NA NA Saudi Arabia NA NA Somalia NA Sudan NA Yemen NA NA
SOUTH-EAST ASIA Bangladesh NA NA Bhutan NA NA Democratic People’s Republic of Korea NA NA NA India NA NA Indonesia NA NA Myanmar NA NA Nepal NA NA Thailand NA NA Timor-Leste NA NA
WESTERN PACIFIC Cambodia NA NA China NA NA Lao People’s Democratic Republic NA NA Malaysia NA NA Papua New Guinea NA Philippines NA NA Republic of Korea NA NA Solomon Islands NA NA Vanuatu NA NA Viet Nam NA NA
ACT: artemisinin-based combination therapy; ANC: antenatal care; DDT: dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane; EPI: Expanded Programme on ● = Policy adopted and implemented this year. Available data from the world malaria report data collection form provides evidence for Immunization; G6PD: glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; IM: intramuscular; IPTc: intermittent preventive treatment in children; implementation. IPTp: intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy; IRS: indoor residual spraying; ITN: insecticide-treated mosquito net; LLIN: long-lasting ● = Policy adopted but not implemented this year (2018) or no supportive available data reported to WHO. insecticidal net; RDT: rapid diagnostic test; SMC: seasonal malaria chemoprevention; WHO: World Health Organization. = Policy not adopted. 1 Single dose of primaquine (0.75 mg base/kg) for countries in the WHO Region of the Americas. NA = Question not applicable. 2 In May 2013, South Sudan was reassigned to the WHO African Region (WHA resolution 66.21, https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/ WHA66/A66_R21-en.pdf). – = Question not answered and there is no information from previous years. 3 Where national data for the United Republic of Tanzania are unavailable, refer to Mainland and Zanzibar. * Free for children and/or pregnant women only.
116 WHO region Insecticide-treated mosquito nets Indoor residual spraying Chemoprevention Testing Treatment Country/area ITNs/LLINs ITNs/LLINs ITNs/LLINs ITNs/LLINs IRS is DDT is used IPTp is used Seasonal Patients of all Malaria RDTs are G6PD test is ACT for Pre-referral Single dose of Primaquine Directly are are distributed distributed recommended for IRS to prevent malaria ages should diagnosis is used recommended treatment of treatment primaquine is used for observed distributed distributed through through by malaria malaria chemo get diagnostic free of charge at community before P. falciparum with quinine or is used as radical treatment free of through EPI/well mass control during prevention test in the public level treatment with artemether IM gametocidal treatment of with charge ANC baby clinic campaigns programme pregnancy (SMC or sector primaquine or artesunate medicine for P. vivax cases primaquine is IPTc) is used for suppositories P. falciparum1 undertaken is used treatment of P. vivax cases
AMERICAS Costa Rica NA NA Dominican Republic NA NA Ecuador NA NA El Salvador NA NA French Guiana NA NA – Guatemala NA NA – Guyana NA NA Haiti NA NA – Honduras NA NA Mexico NA NA Nicaragua NA NA Panama NA NA Peru NA NA Suriname NA NA Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) NA NA
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Afghanistan NA NA Djibouti NA NA Iran (Islamic Republic of) NA NA Pakistan NA NA Saudi Arabia NA NA Somalia NA Sudan NA Yemen NA NA
SOUTH-EAST ASIA Bangladesh NA NA Bhutan NA NA Democratic People’s Republic of Korea NA NA NA India NA NA Indonesia NA NA Myanmar NA NA Nepal NA NA Thailand NA NA Timor-Leste NA NA
WESTERN PACIFIC Cambodia NA NA China NA NA Lao People’s Democratic Republic NA NA Malaysia NA NA Papua New Guinea NA Philippines NA NA Republic of Korea NA NA Solomon Islands NA NA Vanuatu NA NA Viet Nam NA NA
ACT: artemisinin-based combination therapy; ANC: antenatal care; DDT: dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane; EPI: Expanded Programme on ● = Policy adopted and implemented this year. Available data from the world malaria report data collection form provides evidence for Immunization; G6PD: glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; IM: intramuscular; IPTc: intermittent preventive treatment in children; implementation. IPTp: intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy; IRS: indoor residual spraying; ITN: insecticide-treated mosquito net; LLIN: long-lasting ● = Policy adopted but not implemented this year (2018) or no supportive available data reported to WHO. insecticidal net; RDT: rapid diagnostic test; SMC: seasonal malaria chemoprevention; WHO: World Health Organization. = Policy not adopted. 1 Single dose of primaquine (0.75 mg base/kg) for countries in the WHO Region of the Americas. NA = Question not applicable. 2 In May 2013, South Sudan was reassigned to the WHO African Region (WHA resolution 66.21, https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/ WHA66/A66_R21-en.pdf). – = Question not answered and there is no information from previous years. 3 * Free for children and/or pregnant women only.
Where national data for the United Republic of Tanzania are unavailable, refer to Mainland and Zanzibar. 2019 REPORT MALARIA WORLD
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