World Malaria Day: It’s raining mosquitoes in Dar City

Children sleeping under a mosquito net. Photo | Courtesy

What you need to know:

  • In Tanzania, it is still one of the leading causes of death. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the former president of Liberia and now a global leader on health issues, says that there is an approved vaccine for malaria.
  • The WHO is very clear that malaria is a preventable and treatable disease, yet it continues to have a devastating impact worldwide. Nations across the world need to invest more so as to end the killer disease.