Our Malaria Short Course is part of the Health Academy Short Course series and provides clinicians with essential travel health knowledge to confidently assess malaria risk and advise travellers on prevention strategies, bite avoidance, and chemoprophylaxis options. This focused e-learning programme covers malaria epidemiology, transmission, regional risk variations, prophylactic regimens, and current UK travel health guidance.
Overview of course structure and learning objectives
Causative Plasmodium species
Transmission via Anopheles mosquitoes
Symptoms, severity, and complications
Global malaria risk and seasonal variations
Assessing destination-based risk
Traveller-specific factors (pregnancy, VFRs, long-term travel, medical conditions)
Trip characteristics and exposure likelihood
Bite avoidance and environmental protection
Use of repellents, clothing, bed nets, and accommodation advice
UK guidance on atovaquone/proguanil, doxycycline, and mefloquine
Indications, contraindications, dosing, and duration
Side effects and counselling travellers
NaTHNaC malaria maps, UKHSA, WHO recommendations
Multiple-choice assessment
Yes, you will receive a certificate on successful completion.
Yes—integrated quizzes plus a final assessment.
You must still complete supervised practice and meet employer competency requirements before administering malaria prophylaxis independently.
Welcome to this malaria course which is part of the ‘Health Academy Short Course’ series and provides clinicians with specific information relating to Malaria and arthropod-borne diseases.
This course is suitable for anyone wishing to learn more about malaria.
We have designed the malaria short course to cover all the key information for understanding the fundamentals of the disease, and the available preventative methods including chemoprophylaxis. The course follows the ABCD of Malaria format. You should complete the course in approximately 90 minutes
Course content:
Please note: This is a stand alone Malaria short course. It is therefore NOT a substitute for completing Travel Health Training.
We recommend completing a comprehensive Fundamentals of Travel Health course if you are going to be delivering a travel health service. This is in line with Good Practice Guidance for Providing a Travel Health Service (RGPSG, 2020).
Further travel health related short courses are also available here.
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dr_saumya_das (verified owner) –
Excellent content.
Kate Plahe –
Great course, information is clear and videos are very informative. Thank you.