World Malaria Day 2016

World Malaria Day (2016)

Malaria a world wide disease scattered around the world and has made its strong grip over many countries. A disease which generally spread from a bite of female mosquito called Anopheles has raised the death toll in human beings from last couple of years. Biggest countries like Brazil, USA, China, India are one of the leading countries who are surviving against the disease. Every year thousands of people died of malaria and that is the reason today all of the countries through out the world are united to rout out the challenging disease and make the world a beautiful heritage.

Since 2007, April 25 is celebrated as World Malaria Day to make people aware about the consequences and the mistakes of human. Mosquitoes generally grows in sewerage water. The water which is stored on the roof into vessels for few days leads to birth of these Anopheles and the Aedes mosquitoes. Poor people who resides into hut or jhungis near to the runell are mostly chased by malaria.

Anopheles Mosquito

Zika a name of dangerous virus  same to malaria and belongs to same family disease. Zika which spreads via female mosquito named Aedes is in news these days from couple of months. Brazil, parts of America, Parts of Africa are the top most affected areas by this virus. History belongs to 1947 when the very first case of this virus was found in monkey in Uganda. Aedes are the mosquitoes which are mostly found on equatorial region. Headache, muscle pain, fever, joint pain etc are the few symptoms of this disease. Zika mostly affects the pregnant ladies and the disease can easily transmit to the baby child from his mother at the time of birth.

Malaria, Yellow fever, Zika, Dengue etc are few common diseases caused by the mosquitoes. The issue of malaria has been raised in UN and the countries are participating into the same by contributing on malaria day.  UN has decided to make every single people aware about the disease and to follow the instructions made by World Health Organisation.
Theme of the malaria day 2016 is to "End Malaria for good" has been set by WHO. Of course,WHO has taken the initiative to eradicate the disease though out the world.but some where we should also lead with our responsibilities and should give our contribution, then only it will be possible to end up a killer disease.

How we can prevent malaria:

• Stay in a clean area          
• Make the area clean and clear around you
• Use mosquito bed net for precaution
• Use anti mosquito gel 
• Don't let water to be store for many days at a single place
• Use mosquito killing smoke                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       These are the few steps which we are required to look upon then only we can meet a fresh and Malaria free environment.