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Prophylaxis advice
Advice line for healthcare professionals: 0845 602 6712
For complex queries which cannot be answered after first consulting these guidelines, download a malaria risk assessment form and email the form to phe.malproph@nhs.net
Diagnostic advice
Diagnostic advice for healthcare professionals: 020 7927 2427
Treatment advice
The treatment of malaria is outside the scope of this document and is addressed in the .
Expert advice on malaria treatment may be obtained from:
Requests for emergency admission or very urgent clinic attendance should be made to the duty doctor, who is contacted via switchboard. Call 0845 155 5000 and ask for the duty doctor for tropical medicine.
Advice line for healthcare professionals: 0151 705 3100 Monday to Friday 9 am to 5pm. Via Royal Liverpool Hospital switchboard at all other times: 0151 706 2000.
Your local infectious diseases unit.
Useful websites
- (for summaries of product characteristics)
- UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Malaria: guidance, data and analysis