ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY WE'RE showing our commitment to cutting out bias, smashing stereotypes and breaking inequality to help end malaria in a generation.
TOGETHER WE ARE DETERMINED TO #BREAKTHEBIAS
Right now, across Africa, women and girls are still unfairly affected by malaria, They are more vulnerable to the impacts of the disease and experience unique adverse ripple effects of malaria that result in significant and long term health and economic costs.
Pregnant women are also one of the most at-risk groups when it comes to malaria. 1 in 3 pregnant women in Sub-Saharan Africa get malaria during pregnancy, which can lead to life-threatening illnesses for themselves and the newborn baby.
Women and adolescent girls carry the health, societal, and economic burden of malaria.
For too long, the fight against malaria has been gender-blind, so today we're highlighting the women who are innovating, providing the care and advocating for an end to this deadly disease.
watch these women in science who are helping end malaria
Gender and malaria key messages
As patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers, women and adolescent girls disproportionately experience the health, societal, and economic brunt of malaria. These effects often have lifelong consequences that perpetuate malaria as a driver of poverty and gender inequality.
Over the last twenty years, steady progress has been achieved in the fight against malaria, with the death rate decreasing by half. However, pregnant women and their children—the populations most vulnerable to malaria —are being left behind.
Hundreds of millions of pregnant women and children are vulnerable to malaria while adolescent girls fall through the many gendered gaps in the provision of malaria services.
Women are the greatest contributors in the informal “care economy” but caring for children and family members who may suffer from malaria multiple times a year keeps them from steady work or school attendance.
Women make up 70% of the community health workforce that has been instrumental in driving down malaria cases and deaths in remote and rural communities, especially during COVID-19.
IMPORTANT LINKS
Use this link to direct people to the RBM Partnership's Gender and Malaria page
Use this link to direct people to sign the Malaria in Pregnancy letter, which urges decision-makers to end malaria among mothers and babies
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On #InternationalWomensDay I am/we are celebrating the female scientists and innovators who are fighting to end malaria within a generation. They're choosing to #BreakTheBias and calling on World Leaders to #FightForWhatCounts to create a safer world for us all.
LET'S #BREAKTHEBIAS AND CELEBRATE ALL THE ROLES WOMEN PLAY IN HELPING END THIS TREATABLE & PREVENTABLE DISEASE
From scientists to anthropologists, community health workers and political advocates women are playing vital roles in every element on the world's zero malaria journey.
Let's use International Women's Day to #BreakTheBias, smash stereotypes and break the inequality that exists in our society.
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On #InternationalWomensDay I am / we are celebrating all of the women who are fighting, innovating and advocating to #EndMalaria. Together let's #BreakTheBias
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Women and girls unfairly carry the health, societal, and economic burden of malaria. On #InternationalWomensDay we're demanding action from our Global Leaders to #FightForWhatCounts and #EndMalaria in a generation
Malaria contributes to 10,000 maternal deaths and 200,000 newborn deaths worldwide each year 🤰🏽🤰🏽🤰🏾🤰🏼🤰🏻🤰 Ending #malaria would dramatically improve maternal and child survival worldwide 🦟❌ #InternationalWomensDay
#Malaria in pregnancy is a serious problem. It puts the mother and baby at risk. In 2019 11.6m pregnant women were infected with malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa. It's unacceptable, so that's why on #InternationalWomensDay we must call on World Leaders to help #EndMalaria
Malaria is a dangerous disease for anyone, but for pregnant women, the danger is even greater. 🤰 It's crucial women have access to preventative treatment to protect themselves and their pregnancies 💊 #InternationalWomensDay
Fighting #malaria is critical to ending poverty, improving maternal and child health and creating a safer world for us all🌍 We must improve access to preventative treatment to protect children and pregnant women 💊 🤰 #InternationalWomensDay