World Malaria Day 2023
25 April 2023
Mwangi Kirubi, PMI Impact Malaria
Francois and Marie Chantale with their son Alexandre Kouane at their home in Côte d’Ivoire. Marie is pregnant with her second baby and visits Awole Health Center to receive her doses of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine to prevent malaria during pregnancy
Francois and Marie Chantale with their son Alexandre Kouane at their home in Côte d’Ivoire. Marie is pregnant with her second baby and visits Awole Health Center to receive her doses of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine to prevent malaria during pregnancy
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619 000
malaria deaths
in 2021
247 million
new cases of malaria
in 2021
95%
of all malaria cases
are in WHO African Region
World Malaria Day 2023 will be marked under the theme “Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement”. Within this theme, WHO will focus on the third “i” – implement – and notably the critical importance of reaching marginalized populations with the tools and strategies that are available today.
World malaria report 2022
