Antimalarial medication is used to prevent and treat malaria.

You should always consider taking antimalarial medicine when travelling to areas where there’s a risk of malaria. Visit or contact us for malaria advice as soon as you know when and where you’re going to be travelling. It’s very important to take the correct dose and finish the course of antimalarial treatment.

It’s usually recommended you take antimalarial tablets if you’re visiting an area where there’s a malaria risk as they can reduce your risk of malaria by about 90%.

You may need to take a short trial course of antimalarial tablets before travelling. This is to check that you don’t have an adverse reaction or side effects. If you do, alternative antimalarials can be prescribed before you leave.