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Today is #WorldMalariaDay

#Malaria still kills a child every two minutes. No children should die because they cannot access life-saving services to prevent, detect & treat the disease.

Zero malaria starts with me – are you ready to #EndMalaria?

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Zero #Malaria Starts With Me: In many settings, community-based #healthworkers play a 🔑 role in preventing, detecting and treating malaria.

Let's support them to #EndMalaria!

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Zero #Malaria Starts With Me: Sleeping under insecticide-treated nets is one of the most effective ways to prevent malaria.

Let's sleep safe 💤 to #EndMalaria

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Zero #Malaria Starts With Me: Spraying the indoor walls and ceilings of homes with insecticides is a powerful way to rapidly reduce malaria transmission.

Let's spray to #EndMalaria

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Zero #Malaria Starts With Me: ⏰ Time is of essence when detecting and treating #malaria. Rapid diagnostic tests provide quick results and are simple to perform and interpret.

Let’s test to #EndMalaria

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Stepped-up investment in new tools and technologies can help us beat #malaria and other deadly diseases such as #COVID19

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Investments in #malaria prevention can help ease the strain on health facilities overburdened by the response to #COVID19

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Zero #Malaria Starts With Me: Prompt treatment with an effective antimalarial drug 💊 is essential to prevent a mild case of malaria from progressing to severe disease or death.
Let’s support swift treatment to #EndMalaria

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Robust health systems are a first line of defense against age-old public health challenges such as #malaria, and new ones like #COVID19

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The toll of #malaria won’t stop as the #COVID19 pandemic evolves. A stall in action now will bring unnecessary suffering and loss of life

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Zero #Malaria Starts With Me: Only 1 in 3 pregnant women 🤰🏿 in Africa has access to the WHO-recommended 3 or more doses of preventive malaria therapy.

Let's increase access to preventive therapy to #EndMalaria!

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Investments in the fight against #malaria support the fight against #COVID19 and save lives of the most vulnerable:
🤰🏿 pregnant women
🧒🏾 children

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