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Ending malaria in our lifetime is now a real possibility.

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Science is advancing faster than ever, and ending malaria in our lifetime is now a real possibility. Now We Can. Now We Must.

Funding is what gets new vaccines, treatments, and tools out of labs and into the communities that need them most.

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  Sustain & scale funding, with efficiency: Commit to sustained, diversified financing—both international and domestic. In an era of real financial constraints, every dollar must work harder. We must prioritize high-impact, data-driven interventions and deliver optimized responses that maximize value and minimize waste.  World Malaria Day 2026 ; April 25th.  Get the Social Media Toolkit!

An integrated, equitable and people-centred approach to end malaria.

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Health equity should be pursued not only as a moral imperative of social justice, but as a practical measure to support progress towards achieving the global health targets set under SDG3. Achieving equity in health programming, will require a comprehensive healthcare approach including assessing and breaking down populations’ barriers to timely access to necessary healthcare services. In the context of malaria, this includes quality, timely, and affordable prevention, diagnosis, and treatment services for affected populations . The fight against malaria is one of the biggest public health successes of the 21st century. Global malaria death rates have decreased by 60 percent since 2000 – translating to millions of lives saved. However, after an unprecedented period of success, progress in malaria control has stalled. The World Malaria Report 2018 estimates that there were 219 million cases of malaria in 2017. The 10 highest burden African countries saw an estimated 3.5 million more m...