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World Malaria Day - April 25
April 28 , 2020
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- It is being celebrated by the World Health Organisation.
- This year's theme is ‘Zero malaria starts with me’.
- It was established on April 25 in 2007 by the 60th session of the World Health Assembly.
- Malaria is a leading cause of human morbidity and mortality.
- Most cases (80%) and deaths (90%) were in sub-Saharan African.
- At the East Asia Summit in 2015, India pledged to eliminate the disease by 2030.
- India launched the five-year National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination.
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