| Country |
Drugs for Prevention |
| Australia |
No risk |
| Cook Island |
No risk |
| Fiji |
No risk |
| French Polynesia (Society Islands [Tahiti, Moorea, Bora-Bora], Marquesas Islands
[Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa, Ua Huka], and Austral Islands [Tubuai, Rurutu, Rimatara, Rapa]) |
No risk |
| Kiribati (Tarawa, Tabuaeran [Fanning Island], Kiritimati [Christmas
Island], and Banaba [Ocean Island]) |
No risk |
|
|
| Marshall Islands |
No risk |
| Country |
Drugs for Prevention |
| Micronesia (Yap Islands, Pohnpei, Chuuk, Kosrae) |
No risk |
| Nauru |
No risk |
| New Caledonia |
No risk |
| New Zealand |
No risk |
| Niue |
No risk |
| Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan, Tinian, Rota Island) |
No risk |
| Palau |
No risk |
| Country |
Drugs for Prevention |
| Papua New Guinea |
Atovaquone/proguanil or doxycycline or
mefloquine |
| Pitcairn |
No risk |
| Samoa |
No risk |
| Solomon Islands |
Atovaquone/proguanil or doxycycline or
mefloquine |
| Tokelau |
No risk |
| Tonga |
No risk |
| Tuvalu |
No risk |
| U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands (Guam, American Samoa, Johnston
Atoll, Wake Island, Midway Islands) |
No risk |
| Vanuatu |
Atovaquone/proguanil or doxycycline or
mefloquine |
| Wallis and Futuna |
No risk |
|
|
|
Chemoprophylaxis
against malaria |
Areas with chloroquine sensitive P. falciparum |
| Chloroquine |
Start one week before exposure, continue
during exposure and for 4 weeks thereafter |
|
Areas with chloroquine resistant P. falciparum
(low degree, not wide spread) |
| Chloroquine Plus |
Start one week before,
continue during exposure and for 4 weeks thereafter |
| Proguanil
|
Start 1-2 days before,
continue during exposure and for 4 weeks thereafter |
|
Areas with chloroquine resistant P. falciparum
(High degree, widespread) |
| Chloroquine Plus Proguanil
|
As
above |
|
| OR Mefloquine |
Start 2-3 weeks before, continue during
exposure and for 4 weeks thereafter |
|
| OR Doxycycline |
Start 2 days before, continue during
exposure and for 4 weeks thereafter |
|
|
OR Atovaquone Plus
Proguanil |
Start 2 days before, continue during
exposure and for 7 days thereafter |
|
