Reducing the incidence of malaria in Kenya “Kenyan Air Cond

The comfort temperature will be obtained, which will determine the people to enter the house for good rest and medical protection.

My solution: Under the sleeping bed a 1.5 X 1.5 m pit will be made, 1.5 meters deep, which will be lined with cement bricks for consolidation. At the top, the pit will be covered with earth on a thickness of half a meter for thermal insulation and safety of people moving over it.

The bricks that are built will be cooled by the air under the ground. In the evening when the access holes open, the cold air at a temperature of 13-15 degrees Celsius will reach under the mosquito net and will combine with the warm air. 

People in Kenya will have the necessary comfort and will rest under the mosquito net without being exposed to the risk of being stung by mosquitoes that can transmit malaria.

Such a pit has a high cooling capacity and will become the air conditioning of Kenyans placed under the mosquito net to drastically reduce the incidence of malaria.

Mosquitoes and Malaria are considered health problems and practitioners within the health sector mostly talk about use of insecticide-treated nets as a solution to dealing with mosquitoes and Malaria.

Residents of Kenya say that mosquito nets are avoided because the temperature below them raises more and increases the thermal discomfort.

People's perception is very important in accepting a technical solution. It is time to raise the degree of thermal comfort under the mosquito net in the limiting conditions of this challenge.

As an additional measure up to the $ 200 limit he house temperature will be reduced by painting the roof with paint that will reflect most of the infrared radiation that creates the thermal effect. Australia's experience is important because their heat is high.

By summing up the two projects, the underground cooler and the insulation of the tin roof, the comfort temperature will be obtained, which will determine the people to enter the house for good rest and medical protection.

1. The social impact is enormous. People can rest better under the mosquito net due to the underground cooler that reduces the temperature to the comfort level. The first effect is that the incidence of malaria is drastically reduced because people are no longer required to be exposed to the risk of mosquito bites.

2. The cooler is a long-term sustainable solution; it is not just a temporary test or a device that involves other activities, additional expenses, resources, etc. People have a practical sense and will naturally choose to protect themselves with something that does not contradict their habits.

The project is conceptual. Various sources were researched and detailed research was done on the technical side of the project.

The connection between the underground cooler and the space under the mosquito net will be made with two 150 mm holes in which PVC pipes are placed (or two pipes made of bamboo, as a local and renewable material, according to the circular economy). Two PVC pipes with bends to direct the direction of air flow will be open in the evening and the cold air from a depth of 1.5 meters with a temperature of 13-15 degrees will cool the sleeping space under the mosquito net to the comfort level thermal.

Such a cooler has a high cooling capacity and will become the air conditioning of Kenyans placed under the mosquito net to drastically reduce the incidence of malaria. The time required to cool the space under the mosquito net is short, two to three hours because the night and the roof of the house is cooled.

The labor is local. The imperfections inherent in the lack of experience are no longer visible after the cooler pit is covered with earth.

It is obvious that the underground cooler can be reinforced only with local wooden beams in the absence of cement bricks. Cement bricks can be made in each locality by pouring cement in patterns and free drying.

The ventilation tubes in the cooler will be covered with a cover so that the hot air does not enter the cooler. Ventilation caps will prevent children from dropping toys in the cooler because they can no longer recover them.

All regions exposed to malaria.

To implement the concept.

through the number of people who benefit from this technology and the great improvement of the quality of life. In addition, the annual maintenance costs of the house and the expenses of the system decrease.

I am not physically present in a region that would benefit from this concept.