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10. Prophylaxis and Personal Protection for Relief Workers
10. Prophylaxis and Personal Protection for Relief Workers
Pages 109-112
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One study of American Peace Corps volunteers exposed to chloroquine-resistant malaria demonstrated that prophylactic efficacy could be increased by combining chloroquine with proguanil, but the efficacy of this combination was still much below that obtainable with weekly mefloquine (Lobel et al., 19931. Among European travelers to East Africa, the prophylactic efficacy of chloroquine was 10 to 42 percent; for chloroquine combined with proguanil, 72 percent; and for weekly mefloquine, 91 percent (Steffen et al., 19931.
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a Costs reflect average wholesale prices derived from the Drug Topics Redbook (Medical Economics Co., 1999) and the International Drug Price Indicator Guide (McFayden, 1999~.
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RECOMMENDATIONS · Obtain current information on local drug resistance patterns when determining the most appropriate prophylaxis drug to recommend for relief workers. · Either provide or facilitate provision of effective prophylactic medicines for relief workers.
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