03 / 05 / 2025

Africa Malaria Week

We are eliminating malaria. Africa Malaria Week is an international observance commemorated every year on 23-30 May in Africa and recognizes global efforts to control malaria.

Africa Malaria Week is an international observance commemorated every year on 23-30 May in Africa and recognizes global efforts to control malaria. Globally, 3.3 billion people in 106 countries are at risk of malaria mostly in Africa. In 2012, malaria caused an estimated 627,000 deaths, mostly among African children. A passed a proposal by the AHO Health Congress, the supreme decision-making body of AHO to make 23-30 May Africa Malaria Week.

 

This event is celebrated in conuction with

World Malaria Day

World Malaria Day is an international observance commemorated every year on 25 April and recognizes global efforts to control malaria. Globally, 3.3 billion people in 106 countries are at risk of malaria. In 2012, malaria caused an estimated 627,000 deaths, mostly among African children.

 

Malaria Ends With Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite. 

On World Malaria Day 2025, AHO joins Partnership to End Malaria and other partners in promoting “Malaria Ends With Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite”, a grassroots campaign that aims to re-energize efforts at all levels, from global policy to community action, to accelerate progress towards malaria elimination.

The global community recommitted to malaria in the late 1990s and, as a result, an estimated 2.2 billion cases and 12.7 million deaths have been prevented over more than two decades. But after years of steady declines, progress has stalled. Today, malaria claims an estimated 1 life every minute, with most deaths occurring in Africa.

Further progress and decades of hard-won gains are in jeopardy. Extreme weather events, conflict, humanitarian emergencies, and economic stresses are disrupting malaria control efforts in many endemic countries, leaving tens of millions of people with limited access to the services they need to prevent, detect and treat the disease. Without prompt treatment, malaria can rapidly escalate to severe illness and death.

It’s time to recommit to ending malaria. We have the knowledge, life-saving tools and targeted prevention, testing and treatment methods to defeat this disease. We must reinvest in proven interventions, reimagine our strategies to overcome current obstacles, and reignite our collective efforts together with countries and communities to accelerate progress towards ending malaria.

We know how to end malaria. The choice is ours: act now or risk losing ground. Ending malaria is not just a health imperative; it is an investment in a more equitable, safer and prosperous future for every nation.

 

597 000 malaria deaths in 2023

 

263 million new cases of malaria in 2023

 

95% of all malaria cases are in Africa.

 

Malaria Ends with Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite

 

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