Footwear Fitted with Repellent-Impregnated Material to Deter Blood-Seeking Mosquitoes

In Tanzania, the Ifakara Health Institute will develop anti-mosquito footwear material that slowly releases repellents from the friction of walking.  A key advantage: no compliance or change in habits required. Mosquitoes mostly bite people on their feet and ankles. We propose the use of footwear fitted with repellent-impregnated material,to deter blood-seeking mosquitoes from people during the times when and where existing control measures are ineffective.