Guidelines for Malaria Control Recommended by WHO Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Department, January 2004

- Prompt, Effective Antimalarial Treatment and Drug Resistance
- Vector Control Including Insecticide-Treated Nets (ITNs)
- Malaria in Pregnancy
- Malaria Epidemics
- Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful sites:
GFATM resource page
GFATM main site
PAHO malaria page:
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WHO malaria page:
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The source of all links listed below is WHO Headquarters in Geneva, unless otherwise specified.

Prompt, Effective Antimalarial Treatment and Drug Resistance

• Antimalarial Drug Combination Therapy: Report of a WHO Technical Consultation, Geneva, 4-5 April 2001 (WHO/CDS/RBM/2001.35): English   |   français.
• Management of Severe Malaria: A Practical Handbook (2^nd ed., 2000) (ISBN 92 4 154523 2).
• The Use of Antimalarial Drugs: Report of an Informal Consultation, Geneva, 13-17 November 2000 (WHO/CDS/RBM/2001.33): English   |   français.
• Monitoring Antimalarial Drug Resistance, 2002: Report of a WHO Consultation, Geneva, Switzerland, 3–5 December 2001 (WHO/CDS/CSR/EPH/2002.17, WHO/CDS/RBM/2002.39)
• Assessment and Monitoring of Antimalarial Drug Efficacy for the Treatment of Uncomplicated falciparum Malaria (WHO/HTM/RBM/2003.50).

Vector Control Including Insecticide-Treated Nets (ITNs)

• Roll Back Malaria: Scaling Up Insecticide-Treated Netting Programmes in Africa—A Strategic Framework for Coordinated National Action (WHO/CDS/RBM/2002.43, 2002): English   |   français.
• Roll Back Malaria: Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Net Interventions—A Manual for National Control Programme Managers (WHO/CDS/RBM/2002.45, 2003): English   |  français.
• WHO-Recommended Insecticides for Treatment of Mosquito Nets for Malaria Vector Control
• Najera, J.A. & Zaim, M. (2002) Malaria Vector Control: Decision-Making Criteria and Procedures for Judicious Use of Insecticides (WHO/CDS/WHOPES/2002.5).
• Specifications for Netting Materials: Report of an Informal Consultation (WHO/CDS/RBM/2001.28): English   |   français.
• Guidelines on the Management of Public-Health Pesticides: Report of the WHO Interregional Consultation, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 25-28 February 2003 (WHO/CDS/WHOPES/2003.7).
• Guidelines for the purchase of public health pesticides (document WHO/CDS/WHOPES/2000.1).
• Guidelines for Malaria Control Recommended by RBM Department, WHO, January 2004 .

Malaria in Pregnancy

• A Policy Framework for Malaria Prevention and Control During Pregnancy in the African Region: December 19, 2003 (Final Draft) (published by and available from WHO Regional Office for Africa, WHO/AFRO).

Malaria Epidemics

• Najera, J., C. Delacollette & R Kouznetsov (1998) Malaria Epidemics: Detection and Control, Forecasting and Prevention (WHO/MAL/98.1084): English   |   français.
• WHO Expert Committee on Malaria (2000) Twentieth Report. WHO Technical Report Series 892: English   |   français.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Roll Back Malaria: Framework for Monitoring Progress and Evaluating Outcomes and Impact (WHO/CDS/RBM/2000.25): English   |   French.