[afro-nets] New Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria

[Dieter Neuvians MD <neuvians@mweb.co.za>]

Just published: Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria
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World Health Organization, January 2006; ISBN 92 4 154694 8
 
Adobe PDF file (266 pp. 1.2 MB):
http://www.who.int/malaria/docs/TreatmentGuidelines2006.pdf
 
These treatment guidelines recommend antimalarials for which 
there is adequate evidence of efficacy and safety now, and which 
are unlikely to be affected by resistance in the near future. 
Much of the world?s symptomatic malaria is treated in peripheral 
health centres or remote villages, where facilities are limited. 
The aim is therefore to provide simple and straightforward 
treatment recommendations based on sound evidence that can be 
applied effectively in most settings.