Overview of the World Malaria Day 2025 rally and the Conference on Mobilizing Resources for Malaria Prevention, Control and Elimination in Vietnam. Photo: Thanh Chung
On April 25, in Vinh city, the Central Institute of Malaria - Parasitology - Entomology ( Ministry of Health ) organized a rally in response to World Malaria Day 2025 and the Conference on Mobilizing Resources for Malaria Prevention, Control and Elimination in Vietnam.
Attending the rally and conference were Dr. Hoang Dinh Canh - Director of the Central Institute of Malaria - Parasitology - Entomology; representatives of departments and offices of the Ministry of Health ; representatives of international organizations in Vietnam; leaders of the Department of Health of 26 provinces nationwide.
On the side of Nghe An Department of Health, there were Dr. Le Thi Hoai Chung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Health; Pharmacist Tran Minh Tue - Deputy Director of the Department of Health.
Delegates attending the rally and conference on resource mobilization for malaria prevention, control and elimination in Vietnam. Photo: Thanh Chung.
World Malaria Day (April 25) was adopted by the 60th Session of the World Health Assembly in May 2007 as a day to recognize global efforts to effectively control malaria. The purpose of this event is to raise global awareness of malaria - one of the most dangerous infectious diseases and has caused millions of deaths each year, especially in low-income countries.
Leaders of Nghe An Department of Health attended the rally for World Malaria Day 2025 and the Conference on Mobilizing Resources for Malaria Prevention, Control and Elimination in Vietnam. Photo: Thanh Chung
Since 2007, World Malaria Day has become an occasion for the international community to focus resources, launch communication and propaganda campaigns and take specific actions to control and eliminate malaria in high-risk countries... For World Malaria Day 2025, Vietnam has chosen the theme "Concentrating all efforts to eliminate malaria: Increasing investment; Innovation; Determination to act".
Speaking at the rally, Dr. Hoang Dinh Canh - Director of the Central Institute of Malaria, Parasitology and Entomology stated: In recent years, Vietnam has made much progress in controlling malaria. The whole country has 48 provinces that have been recognized as malaria-free.
Dr. Hoang Dinh Canh - Director of the Central Institute of Malaria - Parasitology - Entomology clearly stated the theme of World Malaria Day 2025. Photo: Thanh Chung
Vietnam has achieved the goal of the National Strategy for Malaria Prevention and Elimination in Vietnam for the period 2011 - 2020 and orientation to 2030, which is: Controlling the malaria incidence rate to < 0.15/1,000 people; Malaria mortality rate to < 0.02/100,000 people by 2020 and eliminating malaria by 2030.
In the first 4 months of 2025, the whole country detected only 24 cases of malaria parasites, of which 18 cases were imported malaria (accounting for 75%), a decrease of nearly 82% compared to the same period in 2024.
Dr. Hoang Dinh Canh suggested: All levels, sectors and localities need to increase investment in the health system, invest in scientific research, apply advanced technologies and innovative models, strengthen actions and coordinate with community participation to prevent, eliminate and prevent malaria from returning.
Dr. Le Thi Hoai Chung - Director of Nghe An Department of Health spoke in response to World Malaria Day 2025. Photo: Thanh Chung
Speaking in response to World Malaria Day, Director of Nghe An Department of Health Le Thi Hoai Chung stated: Nghe An has been recognized as malaria-free by 2022. However, the province still has the situation of foreign malaria parasites entering the country from workers returning from malaria-endemic areas.
In the coming time, Nghe An will continue to effectively implement key solutions to prevent and eliminate malaria, which are: Increasing investment, proactively arranging resources for malaria prevention; improving epidemiological surveillance capacity; maintaining readiness to respond to epidemic situations; renewing thinking, being flexible in communication and health education; promoting the application of information technology to prevent epidemics; mobilizing the participation of all levels, sectors and all people to join hands in preventing malaria.
Nghe An health workers go to every alley and knock on every door to educate people about malaria prevention measures. Photo: Thanh Chung
After the rally, the Conference on mobilizing resources for malaria prevention, control and elimination in Vietnam was held with the participation of 90 delegates, including leaders of Departments and Bureaus of the Ministry of Health, specialized Institutes on malaria prevention and control; representatives of international organizations, social organizations supporting malaria prevention and control in Vietnam; representatives of the Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control of provinces.
This conference is organized annually by the Institute of Malaria - Parasitology - Entomology and is financially sponsored by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria through the Project "Regional Initiative to Prevent and Eliminate Artemisinin-Resistant Malaria" for the period 2024-2026.
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