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World Mosquito Day - August 20
August 23 , 2022
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- This day honour Sir Ronald Ross who discovered the link between mosquitoes and the transmission of malaria in the year 1897.
- As per his discovery, it is the female mosquitoes that disseminate malaria among humans.
- The purpose of this day is to raise awareness about the causes of malaria and how it can be prevented.
- As per WHO Data, there was an increase of sixty-nine thousand deaths caused by malaria from the year 2019 to 2020.
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