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Exciting news ๐ŸŽ‰ Ghana is the first country to approve the use of a new malaria vaccine developed by Oxford University ๐ŸŽ‰

This is an epic step forward in the fight against the disease. Hereโ€™s what you should know๐Ÿ‘‡ [Thread]
Malaria is a major health threat in Africa, with over 90% of all cases and deaths occurring on the continent (@WHO). #Ghana has been working hard to combat the disease, and this approval brings the country one step closer to defeating it.
The vaccine was developed by scientists at the @UniofOxford, and so far has shown to be up to 77% effective in early trials. However, more testing still needs to be done to determine its effectiveness in a larger population.
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Opening recorded remarks from @ALMA_2030 chair President #UhuruKenyatta congratulating African countries on averting the predicted doubling of malaria deaths during #COVID19 and urge the #GlobalHealth community to get back on track to #EndMalaria, TB, and AIDS in Africa by 2030. photo of President Kenyattaโ€™s recorded remarks
Kenyatta says the first step in this noble journey to #EndMalaria by 2030 is to address the significant malaria financing gap in African countries. About 63% of activities in national malaria strategic plans in Africa are today currently unfunded.
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Weโ€™re on the Hill tonight to discuss how to #EndMalaria. Thank you @MaEllenSirleaf @PowerUSAID @DonaldKaberuka @ChrisCoons @SenatorWicker for coming together to reinvigorate the fight against one of the world's oldest and deadliest diseases.
@SenatorWicker: We are here to tonight to talk about a disease that has killed hundreds of millionsโ€ฆ but 10.6 million lives have been saved because of the efforts in this room.
@SenatorWicker: I do not apologize one bit for saying that our fight against malaria is a national security issue.
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"Itโ€™s a pleasure to welcome our friends from the Palais back to WHO.
The last time we hosted you, in July last year, none of us could have imagined that almost 18 months later, we would still be in the grip of the pandemic."-@DrTedros, media briefing for Geneva-based journalists
"More than 3.3 million people have lost their lives to #COVID19 this year โ€“ more deaths than from HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined in 2020.
And still, COVID-19 continues to claim around 50,000 lives every week."-@DrTedros
"Thatโ€™s not to mention the unreported deaths, and the millions of excess deaths caused by disruptions to essential health services."-@DrTedros
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#COVID19 pandemic has disrupted #malaria services, leading to a marked increase in cases and deaths: 14 million more cases in 2020 compared to 2019, and 69,000 more deaths - new report.
โžก๏ธbit.ly/3IlXxu9

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Approximately 2 in 3 of these additional deaths were linked to disruptions in the provision of #malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment during the pandemic bit.ly/3IlXxu9 #EndMalaria
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to carry the heaviest #malaria burden, accounting for about 95% of all malaria cases and 96% of all deaths in 2020.
About 80% of deaths in the region are among children under 5 years of age bit.ly/3IlXxu9 #EndMalaria Image
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I recently had the chance to meet 36 incredible graduate students working to #endmalaria. Here are some of my favorite questions they asked.
Nobody can be an expert in all things at once. To end malariaโ€”or any diseaseโ€”leaders from around the world need to collaborate to make sustainable progress: gatesnot.es/3FeS8Td
The effects of climate change are affecting many aspects of our lives. By working to minimize its effects, we are also working to improve global health. However, ending malaria needs to (and should) happen faster: gatesnot.es/3FeS8Td
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LIVE: Media briefing with @DrTedros on #malaria vaccine recommendations. #EndMalaria twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1โ€ฆ
@DrTedros "As some of you may know, I started my career as a #malaria researcher, and I longed for the day that we would have an effective vaccine against this ancient and terrible disease. Today is that day; an historic day"-@DrTedros #EndMalaria
@DrTedros "๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ŸŒโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ #๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž.

This recommendation is based on results from an ongoing pilot programme in ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ, ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช & ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ that has reached 800K+ children since 2019"-
@DrTedros
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The 74th World Health Assembly approved the WHO resolution on global disability action plan 2014โ€“2021 for better health for all people with #disability.

The #WHA74 is expected to adopt this resolution on plenary next week.
Over 1 billion people currently live with some form of #disability. This number is rising as populations expand and age, and due to the increasing number of people living with noncommunicable conditions. #WHA74
Today's #WHA74 resolution on health for people living with disabilities aims to make the health sector more inclusive by tackling the significant barriers many people with disabilities face when they try to access health services.
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It's #WorldMalariaDay

Over the last 2 decades 11 countries have been certified #Malaria free:
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan

Together we can #EndMalaria!
Today is #WorldMalariaDay

#Malaria still kills 1โƒฃ child every 2โƒฃ minutes.
No children should die because they cannot access life-saving services to prevent, detect & treat the disease.

Reaching 0โƒฃ malaria is possible โ€“ Together we can #EndMalaria

๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/32uKPFH Image
Today is #WorldMalariaDay

In 2019, there were an est. 229 million cases of #malaria & 400 000 malaria-related deaths in 87 countries. Children under 5 years continued to account for approximately 2/3 of deaths from malaria ๐ŸŒ

๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/32uKPFH
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๐Ÿ†• WHOโ€˜s new easy-to-navigate online platform ๐Ÿ’ป (MAGICapp) brings together its most up-to-date recommendations for #malaria to help countries reduce & #EndMalaria๐ŸฆŸ.

More info ๐Ÿ‘‰bit.ly/3b9nWvq Image
Through the ๐Ÿ†• platform (MAGICapp), you will find

๐Ÿ“ƒall official WHO recommendations for #malaria๐ŸฆŸ prevention & case management
๐Ÿ“ƒlinks to other resources such as guidance, operational manuals, handbooks & many more.

More info ๐Ÿ‘‰bit.ly/3b9nWvq Image
The recommendations on this ๐Ÿ†• platform ๐Ÿ’ป will be reviewed & updated as new evidence becomes available, using WHOโ€™s transparent and rigorous guideline review process.

More info ๐Ÿ‘‰bit.ly/3b9nWvq
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Malaria๐ŸฆŸ is a preventable & treatable disease that continues to claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year.

WHO is calling on countries & global health partners to step up the fight and #EndMalaria ๐Ÿ‘‰bit.ly/36j8o76
To fight #Malaria, the ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ needs to

โœ…target effective interventions
โœ…invest in the development of new tools
โœ…address related health threats
โœ…increase funding

๐Ÿ‘‰bit.ly/36j8o76
Since 2000, the African region has reduced its malaria๐ŸฆŸ death toll by 4โƒฃ4โƒฃ% but funding shortages & #COVID19 are expected to set back the progress.

More in detail ๐Ÿ‘‰bit.ly/36j8o76
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"We published the first global report on the burden of #sepsis, and a charter on health worker safety"-@DrTedros #HealthForAll #WHA73

"Weโ€™ve drawn new & much-needed attention to #mentalhealth, with new guidelines on stress management & adolescent & mental health, & we hosted the Big Event for Mental Health, a global advocacy event seen by more than 600,000 people"-@DrTedros #WHA73

"On maternal & child health, weโ€™ve published new standards for improving the quality of care for small & sick newborns & provided intensive support for 20 countries to address the indirect impact of #COVID19 on mothers & children"-@DrTedros #HealthForAll
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โ“What can be done when countries face the double challenge of #malaria ๐ŸฆŸ and #COVID19?

Join WHO and @endmalaria for 2โƒฃ virtual forums and learn from field experts & global health leaders!

Date: 3-4 September at 2pm CET

Register now ๐Ÿ‘‰bit.ly/31VNlWe Image
#Malaria ๐ŸฆŸ still kills a child every 2โƒฃ minutes. No children should die because they cannot access life-saving services to prevent, detect & treat the disease. Image
Only 1 in 3 pregnant women ๐Ÿคฐ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿคฐ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿคฐ๐Ÿฝ in Africa has access to the WHO-recommended 3 or more doses of preventive malaria therapy.

Let's increase access to preventive therapy to #EndMalaria ๐ŸฆŸ! Image
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"Three months ago, I convened the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations, and after receiving their advice, I declared #COVID19 a global health emergency โ€“ WHOโ€™s highest level of alarm"-@DrTedros
"Yesterday, I reconvened the Emergency Committee to review the evolution of the #COVID19 pandemic and advise me accordingly.

The committee consists of independent, international experts, representing all regions and the full range of relevant expertise"-@DrTedros
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MY STORY by @Naza_Berry
#EndMalaria #WorldMalariaDay

I'm done, I won't live this way anymore, I'm done asking the same question all the time, today the #April25 puts an end to it all. The new question is why do I constantly allow it?.

My name is Dara and this is my story...
I am sorry if I sound heart broken, I'm heart broken. I'm tired of living this way, the pattern is encumbering, from fever to chills and the killing headache . Guess who's the cause of my pain? It's the female anopheles mosquito and her sisters,...
...they harbour the parasite Plasmodium species which are responsible for the fever, headache and chills.

I wouldn't believe another female could inflict such pain on a female. So many bad memories with her...

I could remember one time I killed Miss Anopheles Mosquito,...
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For #WorldMalariaDay, new malaria Research & Comments:

Effect of long-lasting insecticidal nets with & w/out piperonyl butoxide on malaria indicators in Uganda (LLINEUP): pragmatic, cluster-randomised trial embedded in a LLIN distribution campaign hubs.ly/H0pTp_P0 (1/4) Image
Pyrethroid resistance in sub-Saharan Africa: Linked Comment from Francis Bajunirwe, University of Science and Technology, Uganda hubs.ly/H0pTv1f0 (2/4) #EndMalaria #WorldMalariaDay Image
Research: Effectiveness of reactive focal mass drug administration & reactive focal vector control to reduce malaria transmission in low #malaria-endemic setting of Namibia: a cluster-randomised controlled, open-label, 2-by-2 factorial design trial hubs.ly/H0pTB1g0 (3/4) Image
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Today is #WorldMalariaDay

#Malaria still kills a child every two minutes. No children should die because they cannot access life-saving services to prevent, detect & treat the disease.

Zero malaria starts with me โ€“ are you ready to #EndMalaria?

๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/3apxTTf All children should have access to life-saving services to prevent, detect and treat malaria.
Zero #Malaria Starts With Me: In many settings, community-based #healthworkers play a ๐Ÿ”‘ role in preventing, detecting and treating malaria.

Let's support them to #EndMalaria!

๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/3apxTTf

#WorldMalariaDay
Zero #Malaria Starts With Me: Sleeping under insecticide-treated nets is one of the most effective ways to prevent malaria.

Let's sleep safe ๐Ÿ’ค to #EndMalaria

๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/2xHlY5Y

#WorldMalariaDay
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WHO World Malaria Report 2019๐ŸฆŸ: The number of pregnant women ๐Ÿคฐ & children ๐Ÿ‘ถ in sub-Saharan Africa sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets & benefiting from preventive medicine for #malaria has increased significantly in recent years๐Ÿ‘‰bit.ly/2YeQoFx #EndMalaria
@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO Accelerated efforts are needed to reduce #malaria ๐ŸฆŸ infections & deaths in the hardest-hit countries, as progress stalls. Last year, malaria afflicted 228 million people & killed an estimated 405 thousand, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa ๐Ÿ‘‰bit.ly/2YeQoFx #EndMalaria
@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO Pregnancy reduces a womanโ€™s immunity to #malaria ๐ŸฆŸ, making her more susceptible to infection and at greater risk of:
๐Ÿ”ด illness
๐Ÿ”ด severe anaemia
๐Ÿ”ด death.
bit.ly/2YeQoFx #EndMalaria
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"There are few greater gifts we can give future generations than to eradicate a disease. We ourselves know what thatโ€™s like. #Smallpox was only officially declared eradicated in 1980 โ€“ less than 40 years ago. And yet already, it is becoming a distant memory"-@DrTedros #RLMForum
"Every year, over 1 billion people are treated for a neglected tropical disease, & last year 8 countries eliminated at least one NTD.
In the mid-1980s there were almost 3.5M cases of guinea-worm in 20 countries. Last year, there were only 28 cases, in just 3 countries"-@DrTedros
"Onchocerciasis has been eliminated in 4 countries in @pahowho;
Lymphatic filariasis has been eliminated in 16 countries;
Trachoma has been eliminated in 9 countries;
The annual number of sleeping sickness cases has fallen from over 7k in 2012 to less than 1k in 2018"-@DrTedros
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โ€œTwenty years ago, I was working as a #malaria researcher in #Ethiopia. I could never have imagined then the incredible progress we would make, and @MedsforMalaria has played a vital role in that progressโ€-@DrTedros #EndMalaria
@MedsforMalaria @DrTedros โ€œ@MedsforMalaria has helped to bring forward 13 new medicines that have saved almost 2 million livesโ€-@DrTedros #EndMalaria
@MedsforMalaria @DrTedros @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHO_Europe @RMinghui @PAlonsoMalaria "Since 2000, the number of people who die from #malaria has halved, and incidence has been cut by an estimated 30%"-@DrTedros #EndMalaria
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Congratulations, #Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช, for joining Ghana and Malawi โ€“ to launch the worldโ€™s first #malaria vaccine today! bit.ly/2kkJ4bS

#EndMalaria๐ŸฆŸ
@WHOAFRO @PATHtweets @gavi @GlobalFund @UNITAID The #malaria vaccine, known as RTS,S, will be available to children from 6 months of age in selected areas in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi in a phased pilot introduction bit.ly/2kkJ4bS

#EndMalaria๐ŸฆŸ
30 years in the making, RTS,S is the first, and to date the only, vaccine that has demonstrated it can significantly reduce #malaria in children bit.ly/2kkJ4bS

#EndMalaria๐ŸฆŸ
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โ€œWe sought for opportunities to accelerate current progress & bend the curve to achieve no #malaria on the planet. We identified numerous opportunitiesโ€

Sir Richard Feachem, Commission Chair @IGHSatUCSF

#LancetMalaria #EndMalaria #malariaeradication hubs.ly/H0kypyS0 Image
The Commission advocates for an additional US$2 billion to be made available annually for #malaria. The @GlobalFund replenishment is a major opportunity - Richard Feachem, Chair

#LancetMalaria #EndMalaria #malariaeradication hubs.ly/H0kypyS0 Image
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"#Malaria deaths have fallen by more than half since the year 2000, thanks to the intensive efforts of partners"

-@DrTedros bit.ly/2m2cCLD #EndMalaria๐ŸฆŸ
@DrTedros @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHOEMRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho "We have succeeded in eliminating #malaria from many parts of the world. By the 1950s, malaria had been eliminated from much of the temperate zone.
Until now, WHO has certified 38 countries and overseas territories as malaria-free"
-@DrTedros bit.ly/2m2cCLD #EndMalaria๐ŸฆŸ
@DrTedros @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHOEMRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho "WHO is committed to leading the global effort to make #malaria history"

-@DrTedros bit.ly/2m2cCLD #EndMalaria๐ŸฆŸ
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Live from Geneva: Q&A on #malaria eradication with Pedro Alonso, @PAlonsoMalaria. #AskWHO pscp.tv/w/cC-guDI2MTAyโ€ฆ
@PAlonsoMalaria Tweet your questions on how to #EndMalaria to our expert, @PAlonsoMalaria. Use hashtag #AskWHO
@PAlonsoMalaria Accelerated research and development in new tools for #malaria prevention and treatment is key to #EndMalaria๐ŸฆŸ in the foreseeable future ๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/33PStde

Currently, less than 1% of funding for health R&D investment goes to developing tools to tackle malaria.
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