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World Malaria Day

Malaria Control Program

World Malaria Day, observed on 25 April each year since its establishment by the 60th World Health Assembly in 2007, is a World Health Organization campaign that raises awareness of malaria and highlights global efforts against the disease. It is used to spread information about national malaria control strategies, including community-based prevention and treatment activities, across the more than one hundred countries where malaria remains a risk.

Facts
Launch Year
2007 1
Sponsoring Body
World Health Assembly / World Health Organization 1
Target Population
3.3 billion people in 106 countries at risk of malaria 1
Measured Results
New malaria cases fell 21 percent and death rates fell 29 percent, 2010 to 2015 1
Program status (class)
Ongoing 1
Classification
Program Kind
Vector Control Program 1
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Delivers Practice

Entity-backed identity for the program-kind enum value this public health program already carries, resolved to a health practice by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The program-kind fact itself stays on the program unchanged.

Sources
1. World Malaria Day - Wikipedia
  • History section
    World Malaria Day was established in May 2007 by the 60th session of the World Health Assembly
  • Opening paragraph
    Globally, 3.3 billion people in 106 countries are at risk of malaria
  • Opening section, global efforts paragraph
    the rate of new malaria cases fell by 21 per cent globally between 2010 and 2015, and malaria death rates fell by 29 per cent
  • Wikipedia 'World Malaria Day': annual observance, present tense, data through 2015; checked 2026-09-27.
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