Today the world’s largest NGOs that work to fight malaria hosted an informative Twitter chat about malaria’s devastating effects on women, men, and children as well as facts to stop the spread of the global, 100% preventable disease.
Below are key tweets from the daylong chat and relevant infographics from our friends at Jhpiego. You can continue to follow the conversation at #malariabuzz.
#Didyouknow that after being infected it takes about 12 days before a mosquito can transmit malaria? #malariabuzz
— USAID Global Health (@USAIDGH) April 25, 2013
Why #malaria & #malnutrition need to be tackled together: http://t.co/gqElhBQALB #WorldMalariaDay #malariabuzz
— GAIN (@GAINalliance) April 25, 2013
Want to tell the difference between a male and female mosquito? Males have bushy antennae. #didyouknow #malariabuzz
— USAID Global Health (@USAIDGH) April 25, 2013
Over 1.1 million lives have been saved over last 10 years thanks to malaria control and prevention. Let's continue progress! #malariabuzz
— Jhpiego (@Jhpiego) April 25, 2013
Thanks for joining our #malariabuzz chat! Thank you to Dr. Christen Fornadel. Now join #PMI’s Dr. Belay on @usmissionuganda.
— USAID Global Health (@USAIDGH) April 25, 2013
Learn how #mobile technology is used to report malaria cases. #malariabuzz #worldmalariaday http://t.co/ICFEedpuJf
— RTI International Development (@RTI_INTL_DEV) April 25, 2013
The threat of malaria is created by #poverty, not mosquitoes. #malariabuzz
— Clash (@Clash_Int) April 25, 2013
The President's #Malaria Initiative releases 7th Annual Report to Congress on #worldmalariaday: http://t.co/pBeM6Oehke #malariabuzz
— JSI | Better health & education outcomes. For all. (@JSIhealth) April 25, 2013
In the last 6 months, @deliverproject has procured 32.3 million ACTs for #PMI #malariabuzz
— USAID | DELIVER Proj (@deliverproject) April 25, 2013
<graphic> 46.9 MILLION bed nets were distributed in Nigeria – enough to encircle world 4x! #malariabuzz #dataviz http://t.co/uvwX2W3tt4
— USAID | DELIVER Proj (@deliverproject) April 25, 2013
<photo> A boat full of bednets: http://t.co/RyQ1DUQKRC #malariabuzz #thelastmile
— USAID | DELIVER Proj (@deliverproject) April 25, 2013
Community #healthworkers play a big role in testing for #malaria and saving lives! #WorldMalariaDay #malariabuzz pic.twitter.com/r7acS9eLOy
— CapacityPlus (@CapacityPlus) April 25, 2013
What's #nutrition got to do with it? More than you thought! http://t.co/QW0YrOkYiJ via @JohnsHopkinsSPH #WorldMalariaDay #malariabuzz
— Future Fortified (@FutureFortified) April 25, 2013
NEW report: #Ghana Urban Malaria Study http://t.co/M9NLVhcIrw #malaria #jsiINTL #malariabuzz
— JSI | Better health & education outcomes. For all. (@JSIhealth) April 25, 2013
Many of the workers in the supplier community are non office-based. And less likely to be targeted by traditional approaches. #malariabuzz
— Africare (@Africare) April 25, 2013
Join us & our Sr. Malaria Specialist @bbbrieger for #malariabuzz chat on Preventing Malaria in Pregnancy @ 3:30pm! Chatting now: @Africare
— Jhpiego (@Jhpiego) April 25, 2013
Supported by @ExxonMobil & Jhpiego women in Chad village educate on how 2 protect their fam from malaria #malariabuzz http://t.co/t9dBZOo6CM
— Jhpiego (@Jhpiego) April 25, 2013
Real world infographics are teaching communities the true cost of malaria http://t.co/bcHeRqvnEH #malariabuzz
— Stomp Out Malaria (@StompOutMalaria) April 25, 2013
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