Malaria has shown that we must stay ahead of it to eliminate it. To #EndMalaria as an epidemic and fight emerging threats like #COVID19 we need to strengthen the systems for health that are critical to fighting both. #WorldMalariaDay#UniteToFight
Something worth celebrating this #WorldMalariaDay: Global efforts to end malaria have saved nearly 600,000 lives and prevented almost 100 million cases each year compared to 2000 levels. Many of the most vulnerable are children & pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. #endmalaria
The Nobel Prize has been awarded to at least 6 discoveries related to malaria.
The latest was to Tu Youyou who discovered artemisinin, a substance which inhibits the malaria parasite. She tested the medicine on herself: it now saves countless lives every year.
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As we work on tackling #COVID19, we can't afford to lose ground on the gains we have made against other diseases like malaria.
On #WorldMalariaDay I join @WHO's call for maintained malaria prevention & treatment services during the #coronavirus crisis to save lives.
Today is #WorldMalariaDay#Malaria still kills a child every two minutes. No children should die because they cannot access life-saving services to prevent, detect & treat the disease.
Zero malaria starts with me – are you ready to #EndMalaria?
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Critical that we focus on equity in our response to all infectious diseases. There are huge disparities in access to basic needs both within and between countries.
I'm joining the Twitter cheer to celebrate amazing health workers around the world continuing to save lives under the pressure of a global health crisis. 👏👏🏻👏🏽👏🏿 Join us and call on leaders to fund our health systems and protect our #HealthHeroes this #WorldMalariaDay
We must unite as one global community to combat our common enemies—the pathogens that threaten our health and prosperity. My Statement on #WorldMalariaDay 2020 #endmalaria https://t.co/tR9r7pfmce
Even in these #COVID times we can't let up the fight against all the other diseases that threaten global health, including #malaria. Happy @worldmalariaday!
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Looking back to 2019 - Masahiro Yamamoto & colleagues
investigated the liver stage of Plasmodium and found that CXCR4 helped sporozoite differentiation into EEFs.
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India has made substantial progress in reducing Malaria burden, however, let us not lose focus and remain committed to the cause so that gains achieved so painstakingly are not squandered. @Worldmalariaday
In most parts of the world, a child who gets #malaria has a better chance of survival than at any other point in history. We can be the generation to #endmalaria. In the face of COVID-19, we must act now to save lives. #WorldMalariaDay#ZeroMalariaStartsWithMe
1/ Today is #WorldMalariaDay. Every year, 400k children die from a preventable disease. Right now malaria-endemic countries are rightly focused on the threat from #COVID19. But it is important that our community remembers the ever-present threat from diseases such as malaria.
"I cannot help remembering the dingy little military hospital, the old cracked microscope, and the medicine bottles which constituted all the laboratory and apparatus which I possessed..."
Ronald Ross was awarded the #NobelPrize for his work on malaria.
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On #WorldMalariaDay, we reiterate our commitment to #EndMalaria, a killer disease that takes a child's life every 2 minutes. Let's unite to combat this disease by making sure that life-saving services are available for all to prevent, detect and treat #malaria.
5 facts about malaria:
1⃣Today is #WorldMalariaDay.
2⃣Malaria kills 400,000 people every year.
3⃣94% of deaths occur in the @WHO African Region.
4⃣Children under five years are the most vulnerable group, accounting for 67% of deaths.
5⃣We must achieve a malaria-free #Africa.