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Headline : FG, States Must Be Committed to Malaria Eradication

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Today, March 25, is World Malaria Day, held each year to raise global awareness of the life-threatening disease. With this year's theme, 'Accelerate the Fight Against Malaria for a More Equitable World', it is also a day to highlight the need for better political intervention in malaria control and prevention.

Instituted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) member states during the World Health Assembly of 2007, the day was celebrated for the first time internationally in 2008. It was influenced by the Africa Malaria Day, which has been marked by African governments since 2001, on this day.

The Malaria Plasmodium parasite spreads through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes, was discovered in 1880 by Alphonse Laveran, a military doctor in France's Service de Santรฉ des Armรฉes (Health Service of the Armed Forces) in then Constantine, today's Algeria.

The disease is most prevalent in tropical and sub-tropical regions, especially sub-Saharan Africa. In 2021, sub-Saharan Africa accounted for almost 95% (234 million) of all global malaria cases and 96% (593,000) of all related deaths. In 2021, four countries led by Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger Republic and Tanzania, accounted for over 50% of global malaria deaths.

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