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Formerly TwitterWorld Health Organization (WHO)
WHO
Early diagnosis & treatment of #malaria 🦟 reduces disease, prevents deaths and contributes to reducing transmission 👉bit.ly/44bRXGf
#WorldMalariaDay pic.twitter.com/gMJZNcErEU
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World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO
DYK: #Malaria vaccines reduce illness and save lives?
WHO recommends two vaccines to prevent malaria in children: RTS,S and R21.
Malaria vaccines are already protecting children in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Sierra Leone, and many more countries will… pic.twitter.com/opG0k88Sbo
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
DrTedros
Everyone has the right to quality, timely, and affordable services to prevent, detect and treat #malaria, yet this is not a reality for all.
On #WorldMalariaDay, @WHO and partners call on all countries to accelerate the fight against malaria for a more equitable world through:… pic.twitter.com/GB4AqEUlZ6
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
DrTedros
To #EndMalaria, we have to address the inequity that drives it.
In 2022, malaria claimed the lives of over 600,000 people and there were 249 million new cases.
Alongside bed nets and other tools, vaccines could help to reignite progress against malaria, which has stalled in… pic.twitter.com/pEamqlCfU5
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