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Environmental clean up is a powerful tool to reduce the impact of malaria in
a community. It was used during the Gorgas campaign to control malaria
during the construction of the Panama Canal. It can be done in any community
using community workers and volunteers.
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There are hundreds of places where mosquitoes breed
Mosquitoes lay eggs in any place where there is standing water. After a few days the
eggs change inot larva. After a few more days the eggs go through a pupa stage and
then emerge as flying mosquitoes. In most cases the best way to control mosquitoes is
to control the source. This involves either eliminating the source or killing the
mosquito larvae when they are immobile and not yet flying mosquitoes.
Need to identify sites
Someone has to identify a possible breeding site. In many cases a breeding site can be
eliminated by draining the water.
If a breeding site cannot be eliminated, then it must be treated in some way so that it
does not produce mosquitoes. There are various techniques for killing mosquito larva including
biological agents such as Bti.
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