- Every year on April 25, World Malaria Day is commemorated.
- It is observed to highlight the need for investment and sustained political commitment to the prevention and control of malaria.
- The theme of World Malaria Day 2024 is “Accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world.”
- African governments have been celebrating Africa Malaria Day since 2001.
- In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted World Malaria Day at the 60th session of the World Health Assembly.
Malaria
- It is spread by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito. Infected mosquitoes spread the Plasmodium parasite.
- It is a preventable and treatable infectious disease.
- In 1897, Sir Ronald Ross found that malaria among humans is spread by female mosquitoes. Hydroxychloroquine is an anti-malarial drug.