World Mosquito Day

World Mosquito Day is observed annually on 20 August which marks the historic discovery by Sir Ronald Ross a British doctor in 1897. He discovered that female mosquitoes transmit malaria to humans i.e. female Anopheles mosquitoes were responsible for transmitting the malaria parasite. It is a life threatening disease.

"Malaria was the Worlds deadliest disease before Covid 19. I will continue to be the World's most deadly long after Covid 19 is a distant memory. August 20 is World Mosquito day https://endmalaria.org/world-mosquito-day-2021 . Check out just how devastating this disease is and how Rotarians Against Malaria (https://ram.rawcs.com.au) is striving to eliminate it from endemic countries like PNG and the Solomon Islands where our brothers and sisters in Rotary live with the threat of malaria every day, as do their fellow countrymen. Join the fight to eliminate malaria!"