April 25, 2019, is World Malaria Day

World Health Organization (WHO) designates April 25 as World Malaria Day, every year. One day dedicated to education about malaria, in hopes that knowledge will spur organization and action to fight the disease.

As with many years this century, the biggest problem facing malaria fighters is lack of attention from industrialized nations who once promised to fund the fight to the end, but have since lost interest. President Donald Trump’s budget proposes to cut U.S. contributions to fighting malaria, for example, rather than finishing off the disease.

CDC infographic explaining the fight against malaria in 2019.

What do you need to know about malaria to get you to call your Congressional representatives and urge them to make sure funding continues at full strength?

Here are Tweets from interested organizations and people, to help you out. Notice that no major malaria fighting organization wants more DDT to help out. DDT is one tool in a concentrated and coordinated campaign, but DDT is largely ineffective any more.

Today is #WorldMalariaDay 🦟.#Malaria still kills a child every two minutes. No child 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? pic.twitter.com/A4E8N6Wo8o

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) April 25, 2019

#WorldMalariaDay | Early signs, symptoms, causes and themehttps://t.co/YxRjndKQYN pic.twitter.com/jTKhL1IPSD

— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) April 25, 2019

The Nobel Prize has been awarded to at least 6 discoveries related to malaria.

The latest was to Tu Youyou who discovered artemisinin, a substance which inhibits the malaria parasite. She tested the medicine on herself: it now saves countless lives every year.#WorldMalariaDay pic.twitter.com/UbGBjLODeR

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) April 25, 2019

This one is a little bit inaccurate. The world’s deadliest animal is the malaria parasite; mosquitoes are just the vector of transmission.

You’re helping us fight against malaria every single day. Here’s how > https://t.co/s0ovndZ1ln#WorldMalariaDay pic.twitter.com/jQncmIAhXv

— Save the Children UK (@savechildrenuk) April 25, 2019

To eliminate malaria in our lifetime, we must all #StepUpTheFight and be accountable. That’s why this year’s theme for #WorldMalariaDay is #ZeroMalariaStartswithMe. 🦟

How are you fighting malaria?

— Thomas Locke (@ThomasDLocke) April 25, 2019

We stand with the rest of the world to continually support the eradication of Malaria on the continent.#WorldMalariaDay pic.twitter.com/wTTnZCzxUf

— Access Pensions (@AccessPensions) April 25, 2019

#InterceptorG2 de BASF es una malla antimosquitos de última generación con la que queremos contribuir a la erradicación de la malaria. Así la hemos creado: https://t.co/Fw9mPUzDTC #DíaMundialDeLaMalaria #WorldMalariaDay pic.twitter.com/2KCFGeMtno

— BASF España (@BASF_ES) April 25, 2019

If Malaria is diagnosed and treated promptly, a full recovery can be expected. Treatment must start as soon as the blood test confirms Malaria. #EndMalariaForGood #ZeroMalariaStartsWithMe #WorldMalariaDay pic.twitter.com/roOuLU9BXk

— Fidson Healthcare PLC (@Fidsoncares) April 25, 2019

Celebrating #WorldMalariaDay – too many people die of this each year. Lets change mindset – free read on https://t.co/J3LFMdh1sn #WritingCommunity #Iamwriting #EndMalaria @UPEndMalaria @GoodbyeMalariaZ @macepa_tweets #writerslife pic.twitter.com/uqipoKK8Dl

— Jack, the Hooligan Cat (@GinnyStone) April 25, 2019

#Malaria is caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. #SwasthaBharat #HealthForAll #AyushmanBharat #WorldMalariaDay #EndMalaria pic.twitter.com/hrqBCk3iZE

— National Health Portal (@NHPINDIA) April 25, 2019

Today is World Malaria Day. According to World Health Organisation’s latest world malaria report, no significant gains were made in reducing malaria cases in the period 2015 to 2017. The estimated number of malaria deaths in 2017 remains at 435000. @GautengHealth @HealtheNews pic.twitter.com/RQofZ2N2CA

— Gauteng Treasury (@GautengTreasury) April 25, 2019

Today is #WorldMalariaDay. This year's theme is "Ready to beat malaria." Without urgent action, @WHO says the major gains in the fight against malaria are under threat. Learn more: https://t.co/TN915GxaaM pic.twitter.com/Tbmo2apRpJ

— Salzburg Global (@SalzburgGlobal) April 25, 2019

Les moustiques, vecteurs de maladies majeures : #paludisme, dengue, chikungunya…
Un modèle pour prédire l’abondance des #moustiques en fonction des conditions #météo 🌦
Collaboration @INRA_PL @oniris_officiel @Cirad
➡ https://t.co/mGHrZMhcGS #MalariaWeek2019 #WorldMalariaDay pic.twitter.com/bfGjvW0ImT

— INRAE (@INRAE_France) April 25, 2019

Today is #WorldMalariaDay!
Malaria is humankind's oldest and deadliest enemy, and now is our
chance to defeat it.
Sign up the first ever voice petition, by saying#MalariaMustDie https://t.co/TudZjRGDsC pic.twitter.com/LmwLm8L8en

— Results UK (@resultsuk) April 25, 2019

Tackling malaria is critical to achieving the collective ambition
of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and represents
excellent value for money; every $1 invested in malaria
interventions delivers $36 in social and economic benefits.#WorldMalariaDay #readytobeatmalaria pic.twitter.com/ioleMaTVyH

— SAHTACtweets (@SAHTACtweets) April 25, 2019

Today the United Nations celebrate World Malaria Day: https://t.co/3jv3iGRJKE #unitednations #worldmalariaday #malaria pic.twitter.com/fEGHnXXQcf

— TheDiverseCalendar (@DiverseCalender) April 25, 2019

Adam & his family fled to #LakeChad to escape war in #CentralAfricanRepublic. +10M ppl are affected by conflict, terrorism & drought in #LakeChadCrisis. We work w/ @GlobalFund to #StepUpTheFight to #EndMalaria & #Leavenoonebehind: https://t.co/feKmyV1FfT#WorldMalariaDay pic.twitter.com/aXJ92O9xZf

— UN Development (@UNDP) April 25, 2019

#WorldMalariaDay on the #MorningRushIB with @WaleOzolua

📻 ▶️ 🎶 E Better – @B_RedHKN x @DONJAZZY pic.twitter.com/8taA0YCWKG

— The Beat 97.9 FM (@THEBEAT979FM) April 25, 2019

#WorldMalariaDay Nowadays is possible to eliminate #malaria, still kills people, no one should die because they cannot access life-saving services to prevent, detect & treat the disease. #EndMalaria #ThursdayMotivation #LoveALifeFullOfKISSES #KashiBoleNaMoNaMo #SayNoToTribalists pic.twitter.com/oK2TJrimJN

— luca splendore di gennaro, PhD (@lucasplendore75) April 25, 2019

World Malaria Day 2019: All you need to know about life-threatening disease https://t.co/eqlZ1rP8Nu @timesofindia #LokSabhaElections2019 #IndiaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/ceOiTzSAUu

— Support for COVID19 😷 (@MaskHaiJaruri) April 25, 2019

If you’ve been stirred to action, today would be a good day to send $10 to Nothing But Nets, a great charity that gets free insecticide-treated bednets to people who need protection from malaria-carrying mosquitoes; one net saves one child from malaria, you can pretty well count on. Click here to donate to Nothing But Nets.