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World Malaria Day 2023

News: The 25th of April is designated as World Malaria Day each year.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) created it in 2007 to increase public awareness of malaria.

“Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement” will be the theme of World Malaria Day in 2023.

The Plasmodium parasite is the deadly disease that causes malaria.

Humans contract this parasite from female Anopheles mosquitoes that have been infected by it.

The world’s tropical and subtropical regions, such as sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America, are where malaria is most prevalent.

Symptoms include fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, and exhaustion. Once inside the human body, the parasites grow in the liver before infecting red blood cells.

Malaria can cause organ failure, coma, and even death in extreme situations.

No malaria vaccine has, as of yet, met the WHO’s benchmark efficacy standard of 75%.

However, the WHO approved the first malaria vaccine, called RTS,S, to be distributed in African nations with high malaria transmission rates because they recognised the need of malaria control and prevention.

It has an effectiveness of between 30% and 40%, which is really poor.