How to prevent malaria?
There are three main ways to prevent malaria: a) Prevent mosquitoes from biting people: * sleep under mosquito nets (ordinary or insecticide-treated) * screen all windows and doors in the house or, at least, in rooms where people sleep; * apply mosquito repellents to the skin; and * use mosquito coils. b) Control mosquito breeding: * eliminate places where mosquitoes can lay eggs; * reclaim land by filling and draining; * introduce special fish that eat mosquito larvae; and * put special insecticides in the water to kill mosquito larvae. c) Kill adult mosquitoes * spray rooms with insecticides before going to bed; and * participate in activities carried out by the health services, such as spraying the inside walls of houses with insecticides that kill mosquitoes. Preventing mosquito bite Mosquito nets: A mosquito net provides good protection from mosquito bites.
