E-drug: Mefloquin for malaria prophylaxis (cont)
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In South Africa the official guidelines published by the Dept of Health
are in the process of being updated.
The current recommendations for chloroquine resistant areas are for
either mefloquine or the combination of chloroquine and proguanil. It is
likely that the new guidelines will replace chloroquine and proguanil
with doxycycline. Malarone is not registered in South Africa.
Many travel medicine specialists no longer recommend chloroquine and
proguanil.
Dr Stephen Toovey
Medical Director
SAA Netcare Travel Clinics South Africa
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene certified in Clinical
Tropical Medicine and Travellers' Health,
Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of
Tropical Medicine,
Aviation Medical Examiner
"Steve Toovey" <toovey@travelclinic.co.za>
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