Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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854. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the countries in sub-Saharan Africa the Permanent Defence Forces have served in since 2001 for which the WHO recommend terminal prophylaxis to kill the hypnozoite phase of malaria parasite; and the drugs it recommends. [10191/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The Defence Forces have served in the following countries in sub Saharan Africa since 2001:

Mali - EUTM MALI

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - MONUSCO/EUFOR RD

Ivory Coast - ONUCI/MINUCI

Sudan - UNMAS/AMIS

Chad - EUFOR Chad/MINURCAT

Eritrea - UNMEE

Somalia - EUTM Somalia

Liberia – UNMIL

Sierra Leone

The WHO states in its Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016 - 2030 that P vivaxhypnozoites can only be eliminated through a 14-day course of primaquine.