Question- On April 25, 2017, ‘World Malaria Day’ was celebrated all over the world. What is the main theme of this day in the year 2017?
(a) Invest in the future, defeat malaria
(b) End malaria for good
(c) Beat malaria
(d) Prevent malaria
Ans: (b)
Related facts:-
- On April 25, 2017; World Malaria Day was celebrated all over the world.
- In the year 2017, the theme of this day is ‘End Malaria for Good’.
- According to the World Malaria Report 2016, 212 million new cases of malaria were reported worldwide in the year 2015, resulting in a total of 4.29 lakhs deaths.
- According to this, a child dies of malaria in every two minutes.
- According to another report, between 2010 and 2015, the number of new cases of malaria risk decreased by 21 percent in the world.
- At the same time, global statistics of malaria deaths were also down by 29 percent.
- According to the World Malaria Report, in 2015, 90 percent of the total cases of the entire world and 92 percent of total deaths were in the African region.
- It is known that the infection of malaria spreads through female anopheles mosquitoes, which takes parasite called Plasmodium from one body to another.
Related Links:-
http://www.who.int/campaigns/malaria-day/2017/en/
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/
https://twitter.com/MoHFW_INDIA/status/856762104233291776