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Malaria🦟 is a preventable & treatable disease that continues to claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year.

WHO is calling on countries & global health partners to step up the fight and #EndMalaria 👉bit.ly/36j8o76

To fight #Malaria, the 🌎🌍🌏 needs to

✅target effective interventions
✅invest in the development of new tools
✅address related health threats
✅increase funding

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Since 2000, the African region has reduced its malaria🦟 death toll by 4⃣4⃣% but funding shortages & #COVID19 are expected to set back the progress.

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#COVID19 could derail global efforts to #EndMalaria.

Our report finds that only 1⃣0⃣% disruption in access to effective antimalarial treatment in sub-Saharan Africa could lead to almost 2⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ additional deaths. 👉bit.ly/36j8o76

To respond to #Malaria more effectively, WHO-@endmalaria 'High burden to high impact' approach has helped countries use local data & intelligence to better target interventions.

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#Malaria🦟 response must be integrated with broader efforts to build strong health systems based on people-centred primary health care, as part of every country’s journey towards universal health coverage (#UHC).

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