Malaria prevention guidelines for travellers from the UK
The UK Malaria Expert Advisory Group (formerly the Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention) updates and reissues these guidelines every year for UK travellers.
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InformationMore regardinginformation about malaria incidents, announcements and guidance amendments is available on GOV.UK..
The guidelines are for healthcare workers who advise travellers, but may also be of use to prospective travellers who wish to read about the options themselves.
The UK Malaria Expert Advisory Group (UKMEAG, formerly the Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention) prophylaxis guidelines are for UK-based visitors to malaria-endemic areas, and may not be appropriate for use by people who live in endemic areas.
Occasionally, there may be a need to issue temporary recommendations. Please see the temporary recommendations from the National Travel Health Network and Centre for the latest updates for Pakistan.
These guidelines deal with malaria, but malaria prevention is only one aspect of pre-travel advice. An overall risk-assessment-based package of travel health advice should be provided to the traveller.
For previous malaria guidelines, see the archive of older reports on the UK government web archive.
Details
InformationMore regardinginformation about malaria incidents, announcements and guidance amendments is available on GOV.UK..
The guidelines are for healthcare workers who advise travellers, but may also be of use to prospective travellers who wish to read about the options themselves.
The UK Malaria Expert Advisory Group (UKMEAG, formerly the Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention) prophylaxis guidelines are for UK-based visitors to malaria-endemic areas, and may not be appropriate for use by people who live in endemic areas.
Occasionally, there may be a need to issue temporary recommendations. Please see the temporary recommendations from the National Travel Health Network and Centre for the latest updates for Pakistan.
These guidelines deal with malaria, but malaria prevention is only one aspect of pre-travel advice. An overall risk-assessment-based package of travel health advice should be provided to the traveller.
For previous malaria guidelines, see the archive of older reports on the UK government web archive.
Updates to this page
Update history
2025-04-07 17:16
Updated Botswana information.
2024-12-03 09:30
Added 2024 guidelines and changed ‘Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention’ to ‘UK Malaria Expert Advisory Group’ to reflect the organisation’s rebrand.
2024-01-16 10:42
Updated guidance.
2023-06-23 13:48
Added notice about discontinuation of proguanil in the UK.
2023-04-25 17:22
Updated status of Azerbaijan and Tajikistan to malaria free.
2023-04-24 17:34
Added notice about reported increases in malaria cases in Sudan and the impact of current civil unrest.
2023-02-08 10:41
Update to doses of prophylactic antimalarials for children.
2023-01-18 14:52
Added notice about the first identification of Plasmodium falciparum artemisinin resistance in the UK.
2023-01-16 09:30
Updated guidance.
2022-09-27 16:30
Updated to reflect the temporary recommendations currently in place.
2022-09-02 13:20
Added temporary change to malaria advice for travellers to Pakistan.