Give effective treatment and prophylaxis
- Eliminate parasites from the human population by early diagnosis and effective treatment
- Protect vulnerable groups with chemoprophylaxis
- Give IPT to all pregnant women
Reduce human-mosquito contact
- Use insecticide-treated materials (e.g. bed nets)
- Destroy adult mosquitoes by indoor residual spraying of dwellings with insecticide or use of knock-down sprays Screen houses
- Carefully select house sites avoiding mosquito-infested areas
- Wear clothes which cover the arms and legs and use repellent mosquito coils and creams/sprays on the skin when sitting outdoors at night
Control mosquito breeding sites
- Eliminate collections of stagnant water where mosquitoes breed, e.g. in empty cans/ containers, potholes, old car tyres, plastic bags, and footprints by disposal, draining, or covering with soil or sand
- Destroy mosquito larvae by dosing stagnant water bodies with larvicides or with biological methods (e.g. larvae-eating fish)
Give public health education on the above measures