Disease Information and Tips: Malaria - Travel Medicine Program - Public Health Agency of Canada
If you are an international traveller, learn more about malaria worldwide, along with the latest Health Canada ........Any measure that reduces exposure to dusk-to-dawn biting mosquitoes during their feeding will also reduce the risk of acquiring malaria. These measures include: Protective clothing...
Wear clothing that reduces the amount of exposed skin.... Wear light-coloured, long-sleeved shirts, long pants, socks and shoes when outdoors between dusk and dawn (note: dark colours attract mosquitoes)......... Impregnate all clothing with 0.5% permethrin to make them repellant.
Screens and bed nets...Sleep inside screened areas, under a mosquito net or in an air-conditioned room.....Use bed nets that are rectangular in size, impregnated with permethrin every six months and tucked tightly under the mattress before dusk (note: treated bed nets are available in Canada)....... Insect repellent....apply DEET-containing insect repellent to exposed skin when outdoors between dusk and dawn......Of the insect repellents registered in Canada, those containing 'N, N diethyl-m-toluamide' (DEET) are the most effective. Although .........