Global AMDP database - AFRO

Global AMDP database - AFRO
    P. falciparum P.vivax
COUNTRY/AREA SPECIES uncomplicated treatment failure severe malaria pregnancy treatment
unconfirmed lab-confirmed treatment prevention
                 
Algeria vivax only           CQ
Angola falciparum AL AL QN(7d) QN(7d) QN(7d) SP(IPT)  
Benin falciparum AL AL QN(7d) QN(7d) QN(7d) SP(IPT)  
Botswana falciparum AL* AL* QN(7d) QN(7d) QN(7d) CQ+PG  
Burkina Faso falciparum AL* AL* QN(7d) QN(7d) QN(7d) SP(IPT)  
Burundi falciparum AS+AQ AS+AQ QN(7d) QN(7d) QN(7d)    
Cameroon falciparum AS+AQ AS+AQ QN(7d) QN(7d) QN SP (IPT)  
Cape Verde falciparum CQ CQ SP QN(7d) QN CQ weekly  
Central African Republic falciparum AL* AL* QN(7d) QN(7d) QN(7d) SP(IPT)  
Chad falciparum AS+AQ* /AL* AS+AQ* / AL* QN(7d) QN(7d) QN SP(IPT)  
Comoros falciparum AL AL QN(7d) QN(7d) QN(7d) SP(IPT)  
Congo falciparum AS+AQ* AS+AQ* AL* QN(7d) QN SP(IPT)  
C??d'Ivoire falciparum AS+AQ* AS+AQ* AL QN(7d) QN SP(IPT)  
Democratic Republic of the Congo falciparum AS+AQ AS+AQ QN(7d) QN(7d) QN SP (IPT)  
Equatorial Guinea falciparum AS+AQ AS+AQ QN(7d) QN(7d) QN    
Eritrea falciparum/vivax CQ+SP AS+AQ* QN(7d) QN(7d) QN   CQ+PQ
Ethiopia falciparum/vivax AL AL QN(7d) QN(7d) QN   CQ
Gabon falciparum AS+AQ AS+AQ AL QN(7d) QN SP(IPT)  
Gambia falciparum AL AL QN(7d) QN(7d) QN SP(IPT)  
Ghana falciparum AS+AQ AS+AQ QN(7d) QN(7d) QN; (AS+AQ -2nd +3rd trimester) SP (IPT)  
Guinea falciparum AS+AQ* AS+AQ* QN(7d) QN(7d) QN SP(IPT)  
Guinea-Bissau falciparum AL* AL* QN(7d) QN(7d) QN SP(IPT)  
Kenya falciparum AL AL QN(7d) QN(7d) QN; (AL-2nd + 3rd trimester) SP (IPT)  
Liberia falciparum AS+AQ AS+AQ QN(7d) QN(7d) QN SP(IPT)  
Madagascar falciparum AS+AQ AS+AQ QN(7d) QN(7d) QN SP (IPT)  
Malawi falciparum AL AL AS+AQ* QN(7d) SP or QN(7) SP (IPT)  
Mali falciparum AL* AL* AS+SP QN(7d) QN(7d) SP(IPT)  
Mauritania falciparum AS+AQ* AS+AQ*   QN(7d)      
Mauritius vivax only             CQ
Mozambique falciparum AL* AL* AS+AQ QN(7d) QN SP (IPT)  
Namibia falciparum AL AL QN(7d) QN(7d) QN(7) SP(IPT)  
Niger falciparum AL AL QN(7d) QN(7d)   SP(IPT)  
Nigeria falciparum AL AL QN(7d) QN(7d) QN; (ACT - 2nd + 3rd trimester) SP(IPT)  
Rwanda falciparum AL AL QN(7d) QN(7d)   SP (IPT)  
Sao Tome and Principe falciparum AS+AQ AS+AQ AL QN(7d) QN(7d) or AS+AQN SP (IPT)  
Senegal falciparum AS+AQ AS+AQ   QN(7d) QN SP (IPT)  
Sierra Leone falciparum AS+AQ AS+AQ QN(7d) QN(7d) QN SP(IPT)  
South Africa (KwaZulu Natal) falciparum   AL QN+CL QN(7d) CQ + PG   QN(7d)
South Africa (Mpumalana) falciparum AL AL QN+CL QN(7d) CQ+PG   QN(7d)
Swaziland falciparum CQ CQ SP QN(7d) QN CQ+PG  
Togo falciparum AL AL   QN(7d)   SP(IPT)  
Uganda falciparum AL AL QN(7d) QN(7d) QN(7d) SP (IPT)  
United Republic of Tanzania (Mainland) falciparum AL AL QN; (ACT - 2nd + 3rd trimester) QN(7d) SP (IPT)   QN(7d)
Zambia falciparum AL AL QN(7d) QN(7d) QN; (ACT - 2nd + 3rd trimester) SP (IPT)  
Zimbabwe falciparum AL* AL* QN(7d) QN(7d) QN; (ACT - 2nd + 3rd trimester) SP (IPT)  
 
  * Policy adopted, not currently being deployed, implementation process on-going
 
   

AQ=Amodiaquine
AL=Artemether-lumefantrine
AS=Artesunate
CQ=Chloroquine
IPT=Intermittent Preventive Treatment
MQ= Mefloquine
PG=Proguanil
PQ=Primaquine
QN=Quinine
SP=Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine

Last Updated: May 2008   
 

 

 

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