Bibliographic information
Recommendation
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.
Recommended against
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Low
Notes and Remarks
Remarks 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 no significant impact on malaria can be achieved when the intervention is deployed at community-level due to the high level of individual compliance needed.
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Guidelines for Malaria Vector Control
WHO guidelines for malaria, 16 February 2021.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 13 July 2021.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 31 March 2022.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 3 June 2022.
WHO guidelines for malaria, 25 November 2022.
WHO Guidelines for malaria, 14 March 2023