• Plasmodium parasites
• Transmitted through the bite of the infected female Anopheles mosquito, which is active mostly between dusk and dawn.
• Symptoms usually appear 10 to 15 days after the infected mosquito's bite.

• Fever
• Chills
• Headache
• Fatigue
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Diarrhoea.

• Sleeping under an insecticide-treated net at night
• Use a quality mosquito repellent
• Spraying the walls of homes with insecticides.
• Preventive therapies are also recommended for travellers, pregnant women, children, and infants.
• Do not store water in open containers for long periods. Stagnant water helps mosquitoes breed.
• Wear long sleeved clothes that cover arms & legs.
• Drain all sources of stagnant water in and around residential areas periodically.
• Close windows at around 5 p. m when mosquitoes become active.
• Children & pregnant women in high risk areas must be given intermittent preventive treatment, along with routine vaccines & antenatal treatment.

• Young children & pregnant women are especially susceptible to malaria infection and death.
• All age groups and genders are at risk in areas where significant immunity to malaria isn't acquired.

W.H.O recommends prompt diagnosis in people suspected of malarial infection. An effective & safe antimalarial prevents life-threatening complications.