Malaria Day is an annual awareness campaign with the aim of shedding some light on the preventable and curable disease that still kills hundreds of thousands of people in Africa and globally every year.
To aid in the ongoing malaria prevention education effort, we thought we’d get up close and personal with the pest that’s responsible for spreading one of the world’s deadliest diseases.
- There are over 3 500 species of mosquitoes found across almost every region of the world. (CDC)
- Malaria is transmitted through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. (WHO)
- Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals in the world, responsible for an estimated 600 000 to 700 000 deaths annually. (WHO)
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- Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for approximately 94% of global malaria cases and deaths. (WHO)
- Mosquitoes are attracted to carbon dioxide, body heat, and compounds released through sweat. (Science Direct)
- The itching and swelling from a mosquito bite is an allergic reaction to mosquito saliva. (National Library of Medicine)
- A child dies from malaria approximately every minute in Africa. (WHO)
- Mosquitoes feed on blood not for their own nutrition but as a source of protein for their eggs. (NICD)
- Mosquitoes transmit diseases such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and West Nile virus. (Mosquito World Program)
- Pregnant women are more attractive to malaria-carrying mosquitoes, increasing infection risk. (Science Direct)
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