World Malaria Day is celebrated on 25 April every year in our country. Its main motto is to spread awareness between people globally to fight against malaria. The day raise awareness about the need for the control, prevention, and removal of malaria. This day also marks the unending great achievements in the fight against malaria. It is also necessary to provide education to the people for a better understanding of malaria disease and how to cure it. Malaria disease is generally caused by the Plasmodium parasite.
Plasmodium parasite can be generally spread to humans through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes called ‘malaria vectors’. Malaria is a serious feverish illness. Disease symptoms usually appear in 10-15 days after the bite of an infected mosquito. At the starting stage, its symptoms are fever, headache, and chilling effects are seen in patients. The main way to prevent and reduce malaria transmission is vector control that is to use insect repellent-treated mosquito nets and indoor residual spraying. Peoples apply insect repellents like cream, lotion, spray, etc. and avoid the bites of mosquitoes. Malaria is preventable and curable, and increased efforts are intensely reducing the malaria problem in many places.
