Bibliographic information
GuidelineWHO recommendations on adolescent health: guidelines approved by the WHO guidelines review committee
Year of Publication2017
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
New
To prevent relapse, treat P.vivax or P. ovale malaria in children and adults (except pregnant women, infants aged < 6 months, women breastfeeding infants aged < 6 months, women breastfeeding older infants unless they are known not to be glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient, and people with G6PD deficiency) with a 14-day course of primaquine in all transmission settings.
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
High