United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL2900
Armed Forces: Mefloquine
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18 November 2014
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1 December 2014 · Answer
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Defence
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1 December 2014
Summary
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many serving (1) members of the armed forces, and (2) reservists, deployed to Sierra Leone in the ebola epidemic have been given Lariam (mefloquine) as a malaria prophylaxis.
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18 November 2014
Written question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many serving (1) members of the armed forces, and (2) reservists, deployed to Sierra Leone in the ebola epidemic have been given Lariam (mefloquine) as a malaria prophylaxis.
Source: Lords
1 December 2014
Answer
58 UK Armed Forces personnel who have been deployed on Operation GRITROCK before 31 October 2014 have been prescribed Mefloquine (commercially known as Lariam) as a malaria prophylaxis. All of these 58 were Regulars. The exact choice of antimalarial drug ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2014-11-18/HL2900
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/156458
- uk · wq-156458 · source updated 1 December 2014