World Malaria Day

25 April

US CDC / Lauren Bishop
Adult female Anopheles stephensi feeding.

25 April is World Malaria Day

World Malaria Day is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control. It was instituted by WHO Member States during the World Health Assembly of 2007.

Events

2026

World Malaria Day 2026 - Driven to End Malaria: Now We Can. Now We Must.

24 April 2026

2025

World Malaria Day 2025 - Malaria Ends with Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite

25 April 2025

World Malaria Day 2024 - Accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world

25 April 2024

2023

World Malaria Day 2023 - Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement.

25 April 2023

2022

World Malaria Day 2022 - Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives

25 April 2022

2021

World Malaria Day 2021 - Reaching the zero malaria target

25 April 2021

2020

World Malaria Day 2020 - Zero malaria starts with me

25 April 2020

2019

World Malaria Day 2019 - Zero malaria starts with me

25 April 2019

2018

World Malaria Day 2018 - Ready to Beat Malaria

24 April 2018

2017

World Malaria Day 2017 - Malaria prevention: Let's close the gap

25 April 2017

2016

World Malaria Day 2016 - End Malaria for good

25 April 2016

2015

World Malaria Day 2015 - Invest in the future: Defeat Malaria

25 April 2015

World Malaria Day

World Malaria Day 2014 - Invest in the future. Defeat malaria

25 April 2014

World Malaria Day

World Malaria Day 2013 - Invest in the future. Defeat malaria.

25 April 2013

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