Early exposure to malaria increases the body's resistance to it and results in a lesser likelihood of severe life-threatening episodes of malaria.

Mosquito bites can transmit to people diseases other than malaria.

Mosquito nets provide protection from some insect pests other than mosquitoes.

Although there are vaccines available for many childhood diseases, no vaccine has been developed that is effective against malaria.

The pesticides that are most effective against mosquitoes in regions where malaria is common have significant detrimental effects on human health.