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UK Malaria Expert Advisory Group (UKMEAG)

UKMEAG (formerly the Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention) 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
26 June 2026 — See all updates

The UK Malaria Expert Advisory Group (UKMEAG) (formerly 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 of recommendations for the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC).

The UKMEAG 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 Jessica Carter (Primary Care)
  • Dr Xin Hui Chan (University of Oxford)
  • Mrs Jane Chiodini (Primary Care)
  • Dr Anna Checkley (Hospital for Tropical Diseases)
  • Dr Richard Dawood (Fleet Street Clinic)
  • Dr Charlotte Frise (Consultant Obstetric Physician)
  • Professor Larry Goodyer (De Montfort University)
  • Professor Steve Green (Public Health Scotland)
  • Ms Mahinaz Harrison (Royal Pharmaceutical Society)
  • Dr Oliver Koch (NHS Lothian)
  • Dr Robert Lindfield (Ministry of Defence)
  • 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)
  • Dr Delane Shingadia (Institute of Child Health)
  • Dr Kate Smith (Public Health Scotland)
  • Dr Philip Veal (UK Health Security Agency)
  • Dr Christopher Williams (Public Health Wales)

Applications for membership of UKMEAG 

UKHSA is looking to appoint the following member to UKMEAG:

  • community or primary care pharmacist in active pharmaceutical practice

Successful applicants would hold an initial term of 3 years, after which membership may be renewed.

The primary function of UKMEAG is to formulate guidelines on malaria prevention for UK health professionals, updated annually or as soon as there is a significant change in the distribution or behaviour of malaria or the need to consider new advice on drugs and insect-bite prevention measures. 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 of recommendations for the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC).

The anticipated commitment is 2 meetings per year to maintain continuity of the group and ensure that supporting activities are implemented and maintained. However, the frequency of meetings would increase if the alert level for a new malaria threat were to increase. There is no remuneration for this post, and expenses will be paid in line with UKHSA policy.

UKHSA values and promotes diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community.

Those interested in applying and seeking further information can download the recruitment pack.

If you wish to have an informal discussion about the role, contact Professor Brian Angus, Chair of UKMEAG at brian.angus@ndm.ox.ac.uk

To make an application, email your CV and a supporting letter by 31 August 2026 to UKMEAG@ukhsa.gov.uk quoting the reference number [VAC_UKMEAG_26].

Contact

UKMEAG Secretariat

UK Health Security Agency
61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5EQ

Email UKMEAG@ukhsa.gov.uk

Tel: 020 8327 7880

Committee documents

UK Malaria Expert Advisory Group guidance

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

Updates to this page

Published 16 September 2015
Last updated 26 June 2026 Show all updates

  1. Added membership advert and link to recruitment pack.

  2. Updated page information due to committee name change to UK Malaria Expert Advisory Group and updated member list.

  3. Added link to guidance on management of treatment failure (recrudescence) in falciparum malaria

  4. Updated member list for 2023

  5. Removed information on ACMP membership applications.

  6. Updated closing date for membership applications.

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

  8. Updated membership and contact information.

  9. Updating membership and contact information.

  10. First published.

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