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  <Slug>malaria-prevention-guidelines-for-travellers-from-the-uk-update</Slug>
  <Title>Malaria prevention guidelines for travellers from the UK - update</Title>
  <UpdatedAt>2023-06-26T13:13:35.779Z</UpdatedAt>
  <Source>
    <Title>UK Health Security Agency</Title>
  </Source>
  <Specialities>
    <Speciality>
      <Title>Infection and infectious diseases</Title>
      <Key>f48a5fc4-8228-47ec-ba84-e6c8e22ded59</Key>
    </Speciality>
    <Speciality>
      <Title>Travel medicine</Title>
      <Key>e52e495c-c963-43fc-92f4-47061994e034</Key>
    </Speciality>
  </Specialities>
  <EvidenceType>
    <Title>Guidance and advice - Guidance</Title>
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    <BroaderTitle>Guidance and advice</BroaderTitle>
  </EvidenceType>
  <ShortSummary>Guidance has been updated to note the change to recommendations following the discontinuation of proguanil in the UK. Where chloroquine plus proguanil was previously recommended, an alternative (such as atovaquone/proguanil or doxycycline or mefloquine) may be selected.</ShortSummary>
  <Comment>&lt;p&gt;The UKHSA Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention (ACMP) will update their guidelines in due course.&lt;/p&gt;</Comment>
  <CommentUrl>https://www.medicinesresources.nhs.uk/malaria-prevention-guidelines-for-travellers-from-the-uk-update.html</CommentUrl>
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  <Url>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/malaria-prevention-guidelines-for-travellers-from-the-uk</Url>
  <PublicationDate>2023-06-23T00:00:00Z</PublicationDate>
  <CreatedAt>2023-06-23T15:27:17.918Z</CreatedAt>
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