April 25 is World Malaria Day, instituted last year by the World Health Organization to help increase awareness and understanding of a disease that continues to kill more than 1 million people—many of them African children—every year. Learn more about worldwide efforts to control malaria, the importance of global collaboration, and the great work being done to fight the disease.

World Malaria Day: A Day to Make the World Care
From Roll Back Malaria's World Malaria Day site: "25 April is a day of unified commemoration of the global effort to provide effective control of malaria around the world."

Toward Eradication: America's Next Frontiers
In honor of World Malaria Day, the Global Health Council, Johns Hopkins University Voices Project, and PATH host a panel which tackles the tough issues of the next frontiers in malaria prevention, control and treatment. Watch the video of the session on KaiserNetwork.org.

PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI)
From MVI's director, Dr. Christian Loucq: "The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative observes the first World Malaria Day with a sense of optimism. Malaria is finally receiving the attention it warrants. Programs devoted to expanding access to current interventions are beginning to have an impact."

Roll Back Malaria Partnership
To provide a coordinated global approach to fighting malaria, the Roll Back Malaria Partnership was launched in 1998 by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank.

Malaria Backgrounder
The world's long history of fighting malaria shows that eliminating the disease requires a wide variety of tools and strategies.