Personal protection measures include insecticide-treated materials (ITMs) and other personal care measures that protect individuals against mosquito bites. Insecticide-treated mosquito nets provide effective protection where the malaria carrying mosquitoes mainly bite at night when the community has gone to sleep. Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) offers protection during sleep hours as it repels and kills mosquitoes that enter the house seeking humans blood. The use of repellents and appropriate clothes are also efficient measures to prevent disease transmission by preventing biting. The guidance documents presented are mostly related to ITNs.

Report of the 13th WHOPES Working Group Meeting - Review of OLYSET LN, DAWAPLUS2.0 LN and TIANJIN YORKOOL LN, WHO, 2009

Report of the 12th WHOPES Working Group Meeting - Review of BIOFLASH GR, PERMANET 2.0, PERMANET 3.0, PERMANET 2.5 and LAMBDA-CYHALOTHRIN LN, WHO, 2008

Report of the 11th WHOPES Working Group Meeting - Review of Spinosad 7.48%DT (larvicide) and (long-lasting insecticide-treated bednets) Netprotect, Duranet, Dawaplus and Icon Maxx, WHO, 2008

Consensus Statement on the use of wash resistant insecticide treatment kits as an interim strategy, WHO - Roll Back Malaria Partnership, 2007

Guidelines for Laboratory and Field Testing of Long-lasting Insecticidal Mosquito Nets, WHO, 2005

Targeted subsidy strategies for national scaling up of insecticide-treated netting programmes - Principles and approaches, WHO/RBM, 2005

Stratégies de subventions ciblées pour des programmes de moustiquaires imprégnées d'insecticide à l'échelle nationale - Principes et méthodes, WHO/RBM, 2005

WHO recommended insecticides for treatment of mosquito nets for malaria vector control

A Generic Risk Assessment Model for Insecticide Treatment and Subsequent Use of Mosquito Nets, WHO/WHOPES, 2004

Insecticide-treated mosquito net interventions - A manual for national control programme managers, WHO/RBM, 2003

Moustiquaires imprégnées d'insecticide - Manuel à l'intention des responsables de programmes nationaux de lutte antipaludique, WHO/RBM, 2003

Specifications for Netting Materials, WHO/RBM, 2001

Spécifications Concernant les Tulles pour Moustiquaires, WHO/RBM, 2001

Instructions for treatment and use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets, WHO, 2002

Guide pour le traitement et l'utilisation des moustiquaires imprégnées d'insecticide, WHO, 2002

Community involvement in rolling back malaria, WHO/RBM, 2002

Scaling-up insecticide-treated netting programmes in Africa - A strategic framework for partners, WHO/RBM, 2002

Accélérer la promotion des moustiquaires imprégnées en Afrique - Cadre stratégique pour la coordination de l'action nationale, WHO/RBM, 2002

Global Collaboration for Development of Pesticides for Public Health - Repellents and Toxicants for Personal Protection, WHO, 2000

Guidelines on the Use of Insecticide-treated Mosquito Nets for the Prevention and Control of Malaria in Africa