Health Policy Watch - Global health news reportingApr 28
🦟Africa’s malaria response is facing a double threat: shrinking funding and spreading drug resistance. 🦟 🛑World leaders gathered on #WorldMalariaDay to warn that delayed detection and weak financing could reverse decades of progress. ✍️ @[email protected] @[email protected] 📖⬇️& 🔁🙏

Malaria Funding Crisis And Dru...
Malaria Funding Crisis And Drug Resistance Compel African Investment - Health Policy Watch

As global health leaders gathered in Geneva on Monday to commemorate World Malaria Day 2026, the 70-person advocacy forum, featuring high-level diplomats, convened to debate forward-looking strategies for combating the rising threat of antimalarial drug resistance. However, celebrations of medical progress and clinical discussions quickly gave way to debates over a rapidly escalating malaria funding crisis.

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@Co_BiologistsApr 28
To celebrate #WorldMalariaDay this weekend, we invite you to revisit DMM's Special Issue on Infectious Disease: Evolution, Mechanism and Global Health
https://journals.biologists.com/dmm/issue/18/9

DMM is committed to supporting research that drives progress against infectious diseases.
#Infectious_disease #malaria
European Research Council (ERCApr 26

🦟 Malaria is still a pressing global health concern. #WorldMalariaDay

ERC grantee Catherine Merrick @Cambridge_Uni developed new technology to track the parasite’s DNA as it replicates - to understand how it multiply and spread in the human body.

👉 https://bit.ly/4eBdu23
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https://nitter.net/ERC_Research/status/2048001610119578080#m

Unravelling the cell cycle of malaria parasites

Researchers have gained a deeper understanding of the complex cell division process of the malaria parasite.,,,European Commission

CORDIS | European Commission
Afghanistan 🇦🇫Apr 26

Driven to End Malaria: Now We Can. Now We Must.

#WorldMalariaDay #EndMalaria #ZeroMalaria #HealthForAll

Source: UNDP Afghanistan (@UNDPaf)
[ https://x.com/UNDPaf/status/2048257803547226365 ]

#Afghanistan

Ross NesbittApr 25

Africa: Strengthening Malaria Prevention Efforts in the Sahel #WorldMalariaDay

https://arc-codex.com/article/aa4601420637e40fe33507f3d99d65ba

Global2030Apr 25

Today is #WorldMalariaDay!

#Malaria killed 670,000 people in 2023, mainly #children.👎 The #death toll has been rising again since 2019📈 (#GBDstudy).

We are not on track to meet the #UN #SDG #target to #EndMalaria by 2030.⛔️ Instead, the official #SDG3 #indicator has shown a #deviation from the target since 2020.📈

#GlobalHealth #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda

Data sources:
https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results?params=gbd-api-2023-permalink/b0f8168a0725b4d8e2f8e66225d166ae
https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/malaria-incidence-(per-1-000-population-at-risk)
https://unstats.un.org/30bb53af-8c0b-4862-a81e-37d58205ea8e

Afghanistan 🇦🇫Apr 25

If malaria is not treated promptly, it can become dangerous. If you notice any warning signs, seek medical attention immediately.

Simple measures such as using mosquito nets and insect repellents can help protect families in Afghanistan.

#WorldMalariaDay #ZeroMalaria #ProtectCommunities

اگر ملاریا به موقع تداوی نشود، می‌تواند خطرناک گردد. در صورت مشاهده نشانه‌های خطر، فوراً به مراکز صحی مراجعه کنید.

اقدامات ساده مانند استفاده از پشه‌خانه و مواد ضد پشه می‌تواند به محافظت خانواده‌ها در افغانستان کمک کند.

#WorldMalariaDay #ZeroMalaria #ProtectCommunities

Source: WHO Afghanistan (@WHOAfghanistan)
[ https://x.com/WHOAfghanistan/status/2048063447859138662 ]

#Afghanistan

Afghanistan 🇦🇫Apr 25

If malaria is not treated promptly, it can become dangerous. If warning signs appear, seek medical help immediately.

Simple actions like sleeping under mosquito nets and using mosquito repellent can protect families in Afghanistan.

#WorldMalariaDay #ZeroMalaria #ProtectCommunities

که د ملاریا ناروغۍ درملنه پر وخت ونه شي، خطرناکه کیدای شي. که د خطر نښې څرګندې شي، سمدستي طبي مرسته وغواړئ.

ساده اقدامات لکه په پشه خانه کې ویده کیدل او د غوماشو ضد درملو کارول کولی شي په افغانستان کې کورنۍ خوندي وساتي.

#WorldMalariaDay #ZeroMalaria #ProtectCommunities

Source: WHO Afghanistan (@WHOAfghanistan)
[ https://x.com/WHOAfghanistan/status/2048062413585690758 ]

#Afghanistan

Afghanistan 🇦🇫Apr 25

Malaria can become dangerous if not treated early. Seek medical help immediately if danger signs appear.

Simple actions, such as sleeping under mosquito nets and using repellents, can help protect families across Afghanistan.

#WorldMalariaDay #ZeroMalaria #ProtectCommunities

Source: WHO Afghanistan (@WHOAfghanistan)
[ https://x.com/WHOAfghanistan/status/2048057247549596155 ]

#Afghanistan

Mastodon Trends South AfricaApr 25

The following hashtags are trending across South African Mastodon instances:

#Wordle
#wordle1771
#worldmalariaday
#malariaprevention
#malariaawareness

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