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Updated 17 June 2026
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Prophylaxis advice
National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC)
Advice line for healthcare professionals: 0845 602 6712
Malaria Reference Laboratory (MRL)
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
Malaria Reference Laboratory (MRL)
Diagnostic advice for healthcare professionals: 020 7927 2427
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD)
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM)
Treatment advice
The treatment of malaria is outside the scope of this document and is addressed in the UKMEAG malaria treatment guidelines.
Expert advice on malaria treatment may be obtained from:
Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD)
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.
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM)
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
- British National Formulary and BNF for Children app. Search BNF + BNFC in the App Store to download )
- British Infection Association (BIA)
- Electronic Medicines Compendium (for summaries of product characteristics)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM)
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
- Malaria Reference Laboratory (MRL)
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
- National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC)
- UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Malaria: guidance, data and analysis
- Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTM&H)
- World Health Organization (WHO) International Travel and Health