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World Malaria Day : draw the line against malaria : April 25
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April 14, 2021
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Series: World Malaria Day
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Description:Global Malaria
3.2B People: Nearly half of all people in the world are at risk of getting malaria
More than 2/3 of all malaria deaths are in children under 5 years old
In 2019 Worldwide
229 Million Malaria Cases
409,000 Malaria Deaths
Progress
• Since 2000 annual number of global malaria deaths cut in half, saving 7.6 million lives globally
• Since 2005 more than 1 billion treatments for malaria and bed nets provided by global partners
CDC’s Impact
• Provides scientific leadership and technical assistance to guide countries and partners
• Improves data quality and accessibility for use in decision making
• Scales up interventions through the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI)
• Conducts innovation research to improve malaria testing, treatment, and vaccines, and improves tools that help control mosquitos
• Helps prevent, treat, and track malaria in the United States
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WorldMalariaDay2021.pdf
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