3.3 billion people in 106 countries are at risk of malaria. Each year malaria causes roughly half a million deaths, mostly among African children. This World Malaria Day we recognise the excellent work of organisations working to control malaria and learn how we all can help.
We are hosting a 1-hour chat with Rob Mather (Against Malaria Foundation), Maddy Marasciulo (Malaria Consortium) and Alekos Simoni (Target Malaria) this weekend for World Malaria Day, and we’d love to hear your suggestions on what questions we should ask them.
Please post questions at least one hour before the event for them to be considered. You can also submit questions live on the day using the Questions feature in Zoom Webinar.
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This event is held simultaneously online at the following times on April 25th:
- London: Sunday 9:00 pm
- Berlin: Sunday 10:00 pm
- New York: Sunday 4:00 pm
- Los Angeles: Sunday 1:00 pm
- Sydney: Monday 6:00 am (April 26)
- Auckland: Monday 8:00 am (April 26)
Some global health people in my circles are claiming that interruptions to ongoing public health efforts and basic health services due to covid-19 will reverse much of the recent gains we've made against malaria and other neglected tropical diseases. How much credence do you have in such beliefs?
Concretely, what do you think is the probability that we'll have more estimated deaths from malaria in 2025 than in 2015? (around ~440,000 deaths iirc) .