Rectal Artesunate Before Referral, Children Under 6 (WHO)
Gives the WHO pre-referral rectal artesunate dose for a child under 6.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Age in years
- 3
- Weight in kg
- 14
- Fever with a danger sign
- Yes
- Time to referral care
- 6 hours or more
- IM artesunate available
- No
Result: Insert two 100 mg rectal artesunate suppositories (200 mg) once, for 14 kg, then refer immediately.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Age in years
- Weight in kg
- Fever with a danger sign
- Time to referral care
- IM artesunate available
How this is calculated
Citation
World Health Organization. WHO guidelines for malaria, 10 September 2026. doi:10.2471/B09879. Section 5.2.2.3 (pp. 221-222). Weight rule: WHO rectal artesunate information note, 2017 (rev. 2018), p. 5; WHO rectal artesunate 2023 update. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.