Malaria

Supporting Information

Mosquitoes breed wherever there is still water – for example, in ponds, swamps, puddles, pits, drains and in the moisture on long grass and bushes. They can also breed along the edges of streams and in water containers, tanks and rice fields.

The number of mosquitoes can be reduced by:

• filling in or draining places where water collects
• covering water containers or tanks
• clearing bushes around houses.

Malaria affects the whole community. Everyone can work together to reduce the breeding places for mosquitoes and to organize regular treatment of mosquito nets with insecticide. Communities should ask all health workers and political leaders in their regions to help them prevent and control malaria.