 On World Malaria Day 2020, WHO joins the RBM Partnership to End Malaria by promoting “Zero malaria starts with me”. This is a grassroots campaign that aims to keep malaria high on the political agenda, mobilize additional resources, and empower communities to take ownership of malaria prevention and care. We know that through country leadership and collective action, we can radically reduce suffering and death from malaria. Between 2000 and 2014, the number of malaria-related deaths fell by 40% worldwide, from an estimated 743 000 to 446 000.
According to WHO's World malaria report 2019, there were no global gains in reducing new infections over the period 2014 to 2018. As a result nearly as many people died from malaria in 2018 as the year before. Urgent action is needed to get back on track, and ownership of the challenge lies in the hands of countries most affected by malaria. The “Zero malaria” campaign engages all members of society: political leaders who control government policy decisions and budgets; private sector companies that will benefit from a malaria-free workforce; and communities affected by malaria, whose buy-in and ownership of malaria control interventions is critical to success. Click here to learn more to about the fight against Malaria Source: WHO
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12/6/2020 02:11:24 pm
I hope that malaria does not grow even further. I wish that people would start taking it seriously. There are people who do that, but those who are uneducated are not going to believe that it is the case. I am wishing for things to turn differently, but it is quite hard for me to do that. I just believe that it is what we need to be doing, taking diseases seriously, it is what I believe in, brother. Leave a Reply. |