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Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention (ACMP)

The Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention (ACMP) provides guidelines for health professionals on the prevention of malaria for travellers from the UK.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 16 September 2015
• Last updated: 7 February 2024 — See all updates

The Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention (ACMP) is a UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) expert group whose primary function is to formulate guidelines on malaria prevention in the UK.

The guidelines are used by medical professionals and other travel medicine advisors based in the UK and many other countries. The guidelines are also the basis for recommendations from the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC).

Today the ACMP is overseen by UKHSA.

Membership

• Professor Brian Angus, Chair (Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University)
• Professor Peter Chiodini, Deputy Chair (UKHSA Malaria Reference Laboratory)
• Dr Dinesh Aggarwal (Wellcome Clinical PhD Fellow, University of Cambridge)
• Ms Swati Bhat (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency)
• Ms Helena Bond (Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast) *Dr Xin Hui Chan (Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford)
• Mrs Jane Chiodini (Primary Care)
• Dr Anna Checkley (Hospital for Tropical Diseases)
• Dr Richard Dawood (Fleet Street Clinic)
• Professor Larry Goodyer (De Montfort University)
• Professor Steve Green (Public Health Scotland)
• Ms Mahinaz Harrison (Royal Pharmaceutical Society)
• Dr Hilary Kirkbride (UK Health Security Agency)
• Dr Oliver Koch (NHS Lothian)
• Professor James Logan (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
• Dr Diana Ayoola Mabayoje (Barts Health NHS Trust)
• Dr Dipti Patel (National Travel Health Network and Centre)
• Colonel David Ross (Ministry of Defence)
• Dr Delane Shingadia (Institute of Child Health)
• Squadron Leader Tania Thomas (Royal Air Force)
• Dr Christopher Williams (Public Health Wales)

Contact

ACMP Secretariat

UK Health Security Agency
61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5EQ

Email ACMPSecretariat@ukhsa.gov.uk

Tel: 020 8327 7880

Committee documents

• Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention: conflict of interest statements
  • 7 February 2024
  • Corporate report
• Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention: terms of reference
  • 7 February 2024
  • Corporate report

ACMP guidance

In 2016, the ACMP published UK malaria treatment guidelines in the Journal of Infection (2016) 72(6), 635–649.

• Malaria prevention guidelines for travellers from the UK
  • 16 January 2024
  • Guidance

Published 16 September 2015
Last updated 7 February 2024 + show all updates

1. 7 February 2024

   Updated member list for 2023

2. 5 September 2023

   Removed information on ACMP membership applications.

3. 14 August 2023

   Updated closing date for membership applications.

4. 3 July 2023

   Added information and recruitment pack for applications for membership of ACMP.

5. 3 April 2023

   Updated membership and contact information.

6. 26 January 2022

   Updating membership and contact information.

7. 16 September 2015

   First published.