World Malaria Day today

Kathmandu, April 25: The World Malaria Day is being marked across the globe today. The World Malaria Day is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control, World Health Organization (WHO) said.    

On World Malaria Day, the WHO has called for revitalized efforts at all levels, from global policy to community action, to accelerate progress towards malaria elimination.    

On this occasion, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has stated that "The history of malaria teaches us a harsh lesson: when we divert our attention, the disease resurges, taking its greatest toll on the most vulnerable".    

He added that malaria can be defeated with strong political commitment, sustained investment, multisectoral action and community engagement.    
Likewise, the International Delegate's Day is being marked today itself.  

  
According to the UN, the International Delegate’s Day marks the anniversary of the first day of the San Francisco Conference, also known as the United Nations Conference on International Organization.    

On 25 April 1945, delegates from 50 countries came together for the first time in San Francisco. Coming together after the devastation of the World War II, their aim was to set up an organization that would restore world peace and impose rules on the post-war world order, it said. (RSS)