Easy ways to prevention malaria in the remote villages

According to World Health Organization [WHO], In 2018, there were an estimated 228 million cases of malaria worldwide. 405 000 people died from malaria in 2018, children under five years were highly vulnerable”.  Malaria is the leading cause of death around the world and costs a significant national budget and according to WHO $2.7 billion.

Malaria is caused by plasmodium parasites.  the mode of transmission is infected female Anopheles mosquitoes biting healthy people. In this way, it transmits the plasmodium parasites from one person to another.

The mosquitoes find their way into the human environment only if human makes the environment conducive for them to live and reproduce.  Therefore, we mankind must not divert from simple but powerful ways of fighting mosquitoes.

If you want to fight mosquitoes, fight by way of making them insecure environments within your settings. Making the environment conducive, the mosquitoes feel safe to multiply and increase in population. When they are in numbers, they spread within the communities spreading the infection.    

So, where there are no health workers, the followings are some of the simplest but most powerful ways to put critical control measures to prevent infected female anopheles’ mosquitoes from transmitting the infection.

Lowering the tall grassland and clearing the tall bushy trees.

Within the vicinity of the community, the entire communities should work together lower the grassland. In the tall grassland, the mosquitoes can make a home there and lay their eggs and multiply in number. Under the shade trees and grassland, the mosquitoes find it safe to inhabit there. When the grassland and bushy trees are cleared, the area is now exposed to sunlight, as mosquitoes feel insecure about making their homes.  

Refilling the drains/water holes [etc.].

The mosquito lay their eggs in the drains, small water holes, in containers, small lakes, and swamps. So, the best prevention method is to drain out the water holes, lakes, swamps, opening both sides of the empty tins before throwing them into the dump. In this way, the mosquitoes do not have a safe home to live and reproduce their population.  Any sitting water must be drained out so that it becomes dry land.

Rubbish dump.

All the empty tins or containers must be open on both sides, then throw into the rubbish dump. The dump must be deep as mosquitoes cannot travel down into the dump to make a home. The mosquitoes are known how to choose a good home, and a dump is not a place to make a home.

Sleeping in treated mosquitoes nets.

If families can afford it, everyone including pregnant mothers, infants, kids and even adults, all should sleep in the treated mosquito nets.