Written By Vanessa Kariuki ||
Founded in 2007 by WHO Member States during the World Health Assembly, World Malaria Day serves as a platform to emphasize the importance of ongoing financial support and political commitment for the prevention and control of malaria.
The theme for World Malaria Day 2023 is “Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement.”
Within this subject, WHO will concentrate on the third “i” of implement, particularly on the crucial significance of reaching marginalized groups using the current tools and approaches.
3.3 billion people worldwide in 106 nations are at risk of contracting malaria. An estimated 627,000 people died from malaria worldwide in 2012, largely youngsters in Africa.
However, with the use of tried-and-true tools and techniques like insecticide-treated bed nets, improved case management of malaria in children and pregnant women, increased preventive medication during the peak malaria transmission season, and insecticide resistance monitoring, these figures should drastically decline.
Kenya has made tremendous strides toward lowering the prevalence of malaria over the past ten years, according to the Ministry of Health, but more work needs to be done if we want to reach zero malaria-related illnesses and fatalities.
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), which continues to support the Ministry of Health with entomology, surveillance, vaccine development, including RTS,S, and innovations like Plasmocheck, has recommitted itself to the zero malaria campaign.
To Raise Awareness and Combat Malaria with Other Dignitaries, PS Health Dr. Josephine Mburu and World Health Organization Country Representative Dr. Abdourahmane Diallo Lead the Way in the World Malaria Day Walk at Ekerenyo Grounds, Nyamira County.
