Table 6:

Common Pests & Rodents and their Control Measures

Pest/Rodent	Occurrence	Control agents	Remarks
Bed bugs	Rooms; beds; furniture (also chicken nests)	Malathion; ronnel; dichlorvos; diazinon	Apply lightly to mattress surfaces and more heavily to bed frame. Allow to dry before using. Never apply to children’s crib.
Cockroaches	Enclosed spaces such as kitchens or store-rooms.	Residual sprays	Apply to hiding places and runways. Use a spray and not a mist. Pay attention to warm humid places. Do not treat where children are likely to contact surfaces.
Fleas	Dusty floors.	Diazinon; ronnel;malathion	Spray floor and base boards and walls to a height of 10cm.
Flies	Refuse and manure pits; pit latrines	Ronnel; malathion	Treat garbage, refuse, manure and other fly breeding sites.
Lice (head, body and pubic lice)	Head, body or pubic area.	Lindane	Keep out of eyes and mucous membranes. Sterilize clothing and beds by laundering. Do not apply to eyes and clothes.
Mites	Clothing	Any mosquito repellent is toxic to mites.	Keep out of eyes.
Rats	Rooms, pit latrines	Any rodenticide locally available in the market.	Rodenticides are highly poisonous even to humans and precautions should be taken to prevent potential food contamination and access by children. (See guidelines on chemical safety).