Z_content_World-Mosquito-Day

Title	WORLD MOSQUITO DAY
Date-wise Events	August 20, Every Year
Description	SIR RONALD ROSS established the relationship of the killer disease malaria with mosquito on August 20, 1897. Quick Facts on Malaria (Source: http://malarianomore.org.uk/malaria#quick-facts ) Worldwide there are 207 million cases of malaria every year. 100% of Ghana’s population of 24 million people is at risk of malaria. Malaria affects around half of the world’s population. Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease – every life lost is needless. In Ghana, malaria is a major cause of poverty & lost productivity, consuming up to a third of household income. Every year, over 627,000 people die from malaria, 90% of these deaths are in Africa. A child dies from malaria every minute. Malaria costs Africa more than £8 billion annually in lost productivity. Deaths from malaria have fallen by 45% since 2000. 1,500 children’s lives are saved every day through malaria prevention measures such as mosquito nets, the spraying of insecticide in homes and education on malaria. Namibia has made fighting malaria a top health priority and seen a dramatic 95% drop in malaria deaths since 2000.

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Ronald Ross
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World Mosquito Day
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World Malaria Day
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