Room management

Although the term "room management" may not be the correct phrase to use, planning your bedroom or any other in the house to be "mosquito un-friendly" is an excellent way to protect yourself against malaria (plasmodium) infection.

There are also other methods to help reduce the risk of malaria infection, which you can look at by clicking here.

Mesh screens

A room fitted with mosquito mesh screens on the windows and doors are very successful in keeping mosquitoes at bay when the doors and windows are kept open for fresh air.

Air-conditioning

Alternatively, using an air-conditioner will also provide cool air while keeping the room mosquito-free.

Insecticide

Using an insecticide in the room is also successful and a variety is available - from aerosol sprays to slow burning coils as well as electrically heated insecticide releasing pads.

Other measures to protect yourself

• Protective clothing

• Using DEET containing insect repellent

• Sleeping under a mosquito net

Related information

• General information on malaria
• Types of malaria
• People at high risk of malaria infection
• Lifecycle of the plasmodium parasite
• Preventing malaria
  • Protective clothing
  • Insect repellent
  • Bed / sleeping mosquito nets
  • Room management
• Diagnosing malaria
• Symptoms of malaria infection
• Anti-malarial drugs
  • Doxycycline
  • Mefloquine (Larium™)
  • Atovaquone and proguanil combination (Malarone™)
• Testing for malaria
  • Home testing
  • Laboratory testing
  • Other tests that could be done
• Consequences and end result of malaria infection
• Malaria in Southern and South Africa

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  • Urobilinogen in urine

  • Parameters of urine test strips (dip sticks)

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  • Types of malaria

  • People at high risk of malaria infection

  • Lifecycle of the plasmodium parasite

  • Preventing malaria

    • Protective clothing

    • Insect repellent

    • Bed / sleeping mosquito nets

    • Room management

  • Diagnosing malaria

  • Symptoms of malaria infection

  • Anti-malarial drugs

    • Doxycycline

    • Mefloquine (Larium™)

    • Atovaquone and proguanil combination (Malarone™)

  • Testing for malaria

    • Home testing

    • Laboratory testing

    • Other tests that could be done

  • Consequences and end result of malaria infection

  • Malaria in Southern and South Africa

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