Each year, more than 600 000 people die of malaria – a treatable disease. The primary objective of treatment is to ensure the rapid and complete elimination of the parasites causing the disease from a patient’s bloodstream in order to prevent an uncomplicated case of malaria from progressing to severe disease or death. Effective treatment reduces transmission of the infection to others and also prevents the emergence and spread of resistance to antimalarial medicines. In order to provide Member States with the most up-to-date and accurate recommendations on the treatment of malaria, WHO, through its various expert groups, regularly reviews evidence on current and new treatments to ensure that its recommendations are based on the most recent evidence. New and updated recommendations are published in the WHO guidelines for malaria . These consolidated guidelines bring together all of WHO's current recommendations for malaria – they are intended as a “living resource” and are updated periodically as and when new evidence becomes available.WHO also supports Member States to translate these recommendations into national policies as well as to ensure their effective implementation. WHO maintains a list of medicines that are used as first-line treatment in endemic countries for uncomplicated and severe malaria, as well as for prevention and treatment during pregnancy. malaria-related deaths averted since 2000 malaria cases averted since 2000 Updates for insecticide resistance monitoring: discriminating concentrations and methods High-level meeting reaffirms shared commitment to strengthen cross-border collaboration and accelerate elimination of malaria and neglected tropical diseases New evidence confirms malaria vaccine saves child lives and will have high impact in wider rollout WHO prequalifies first-ever malaria treatment for newborns and infants, adds new diagnostic tests Features and photo stories New WHO recommendations for perennial malaria chemoprevention in young children (PMC) New WHO recommendations for seasonal malaria chemoprevention in young children (SMC) High burden to high impact response Questions & answers

Malaria vaccines (RTS,S and R21) Malaria vaccines (RTS,S and R21) Malaria Malaria Malaria: Artemisinin partial resistance Malaria: Artemisinin partial resistance WHO guidelines for malaria The WHO guidelines for malaria bring together the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for malaria in one user-friendly and easy-to-navigate... Guiding principles for prioritizing malaria interventions in resource-constrained country contexts to... A new version of this publication is now available. It supersedes and replaces the first edition. Please refer to Guiding principles for prioritizing... Technical resources Related activities Diagnostic testing for malaria Eliminating malaria Monitoring malaria drug efficacy and resistance Promoting malaria chemoprevention Supporting malaria vector control Treating malaria