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Armed Forces: Mefloquine

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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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

Defence

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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  1. 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

  2. 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 ...

    Source: Written answer

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