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World Malaria Day - 25 April

“Malaria Awareness Day was designated to be April 25 by President George W. Bush in 2007.

World Malaria Day is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control. It was instituted by WHO Member States during the World Health Assembly of 2007.

Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease that continues to have a devastating impact on the health and livelihood of people around the world. More than two thirds of deaths were among children under the age of 5 living in the WHO African Region.

World Malaria Day 2022 will be marked under the theme “Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives.” 

No single tool that is available today will solve the problem of malaria. WHO is calling for investments and innovation that bring new vector control approaches, diagnostics, antimalarial medicines and other tools to speed the pace of progress against malaria.

Source: www.who.int

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