Dr. Israel Kligler’s blueprint on how he eliminated endemic malaria in Israel in the 1920’s.
Key Points:
- Methods of Control (p. 157 of the PDF)
- Local Organization
- Survey climate and population
- Survey Anopheles Mosquito Breeding Sites 3 km from main population center
- Carrier survey
- Local Organization
- Mosquito Control by Larva Destruction (p. 163 of the PDF)
- Focus on the Anopheles species that are vectors of the disease
- Mechanical Methods are the first choice when possible. This means removing conditions favorable to anopheles mosquito breeding. This could be drying, removing vegetation, redirecting the flow of water every 5-6 days, damming a stream for 2 days and then releasing it. Irrigation canals can be dried for 36 hours once a week.
- Chemical Methods: spraying