MALARIAprevention

|| HOME|| CAUSE || EFFECTS || TREATMENT || PREVENTION || CHOICE || NOTES || MLA || Awareness of risk > > Sleep in rooms that are properly screened with gauze over the windows and doors. There should be no holes in the gauze and no unscreened entry points to the room. Air-conditioned rooms are good, too. > > Spray the room with an insecticide before entering to kill any mosquitoes that have got inside during the day. >  > > It's important that the manufacturer's recommendations are not exceeded, particularly when using it on small children. Insect repellents containing over 30 per cent DEET will effectively repel mosquitoes when applied to exposed skin. **Preventive medicines**
 * Areas of greatest risk are those where there is a high prevalence of multi-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
 * Avoid mosquito bites **
 * Mosquitoes bite particularly at twilight and at night, so you should take most precautions during this time.
 * Use mosquito repellent cream **
 * Mosquito repellent containing diethyl toluamide (DEET) is recommended as the most effective form of bite-preventive treatment. It has an excellent safety profile in adults, children and pregnant women.

> > Because resistance to chloroquine and other drugs is spreading, preventive (prophylactic) medicines that were effective five years ago may no longer be so. > > >  > > >
 * Taking medicines to prevent malaria is essential if you are visiting an area where malaria is prevalent. The problem can be choosing the most appropriate antimalarial for the country you're visiting. You also need to take into account your individual circumstances.
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 * Give four ways to prevent malaria and explain specificly