salvpir,
In all the countries you mention, falciparum malaria is the prevalent strain. It has little use in most African countries against P. falciparum. As previously mentioned on this thread, currently the best chemoprophylactics are either Malarone or doxycycline, one causing gastro-intestinal irritation and the other photosensitivity. Many companies here now issue their expatriate staff with Coartem tablets to take if they think they have malaria while they're out on leave, becasue many doctors in countries which don't have malaria fail to diagnose it, which has led to several people I know dying of it when at home. Definitely stay away from Halofantrine (Halofan) as it has been known to cause irregular heartbeats, even resulting in death. I guess Ratcatcher was lucky when he took his
