Travellers can protect themselves by using anti- mosquito measures and taking drugs to prevent malaria.
Preventing mosquito bites. any measures that reduces the exposure to the evening and night time feeding female anopheles mosquito is the best way to prevent infection. Measures to avoid mosquito bites include > Use long sleeved clothing and long pants preferably light coloured if you're outdoors at night. Apply insect repellent containing 20 to 30% Deet N,N- diethyl-m-toluade to exposed skin. use mosquito net over the bed if your bedroom is not air-conditioned or screened, for additional protection, treat the mosquito net with the insecticide permethrin. spray permethrin or similar insecticide or light a mosquito coil which give out pyrethrum in the living or sleeping areas. Using antimalarial drugs>>>>
