WHO guidelines for malaria
Overview
The WHO guidelines for malaria bring together the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for malaria in one user-friendly and easy-to-navigate online platform.
The WHO guidelines for malaria bring together the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for malaria in one user-friendly and easy-to-navigate online platform. Recommendations on malaria continue to be reviewed and, where appropriate, updated based on the latest available evidence. Any updated recommendations will always display the date of the most recent revision in the MAGICapp platform. With each update, a new PDF version of the consolidated guidelines will also be available for download on the WHO website.
This updated version of the Guidelines reflects revised information on WHO’s recommendation for indoor residual spraying to prevent malaria. It incorporates evidence from two new insecticides (chlorfenapyr and isocycloseram), while maintaining the overall recommendation and emphasizing reduced use of DDT. It also adds a new recommendation for spatial emanators (spatial repellents) based on recent evidence. It replaces the versions published on 16 February 2021, 13 July 2021, 18 February 2022, 31 March 2022, 3 June 2022, 25 November 2022, 14 March 2023, 16 October 2023 and 30 November 2024.
The guidelines are also available in Arabic, French and Spanish on MAGICapp.
