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WCO, India commemorated @WMD partnered with NVBDCP on the theme “Working Together Towards Malaria-Free India by 2030”

As we commemorate #WorldMalariaDay, we must remember that this is a preventable & treatable disease, that still kills 400,000+ people every year. Working together & supported with sustained funding, we can dare to dream of a malaria-free 🌍. #EndMalaria

@PAlonsoMalaria @pahowho @PeterASands @philipwelkhoff @PMIgov @FranAlabi Congratulations the GMP team under the leadership of Dr Pedro and Govt of El Salvador

Today we congratulate the people & gov of El Salvador 🇸🇻 for being certified as malaria-free. Some people thought it could not be done. With country leadership & support from partners, they are the 1st country in Central America to eliminate #malaria. 📣bit.ly/3dKVl2s

As per World Malaria Report 2020. India contributed 2 percent of malaria cases globally. Despite being the highest burden country of the SEARO region, in 2019, India recorded a 60% reduction in reported cases compared with 2017 and a 46% reduction compared with 2018.

Today is the International Day of Older Persons. Support people who are older or isolated during COVID-19 by staying in touch through phone calls and social media. We should care for them facebook.com/10000148374914…

Sir Ronald Ross of Indian Army Medical Cor. discovered that mosquitoes transmit malaria in the city of Secunderabad, India on this day the 20th August - The World Mosquito Day. He won Noble Prize for this great discovery.

There is challenge to continue essential services for prevention and control of malaria and other vector borne diseases during Covid 19 pandemic

International Webinar on Impact of COVID-19 on the Public Health and Glo... youtu.be/e_LVW5De6M8 via @YouTube

@PriyankaJShukla @MoHFW_INDIA @drharshvardhan @ChhattisgarhCMO @bhupeshbaghel @HealthCgGov @DPRChhattisgarh @BastarDistrict @doctorsoumya @UNICEFIndia @iamvikassheel बहुत ही गर्व की बात है कि बस्तर जैसा malariahigh बर्डेन area को मलरिया मुक्त करने का निर्णय लिया गया है 👌👌

यदि आपको अपने लक्ष्य की राह कठिन लगती है तो छ.ग के #स्वास्थ्यकर्मियों से अवश्य प्रेरणा लें! बस्तर के इस स्वास्थ्यदल ने #मलेरिया_मुक्त_बस्तर अभियान के दूसरेचरण अंतर्गत ऐसे दुर्गम रास्ते तयकर दूरस्थ गाँव कुडुमखोदरा के 308 निवासियों की रक्तजाँच कर 23+ve का इलाज किया! हमें गर्व है😊

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