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World Mosquito Day, observed annually on the 20th August, is a commemoration of Sir Ronald Ross’ discovery in 1897 that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans.

World Mosquito Day presents us with a great opportunity to raise awareness of the dangers of mosquitoes and malaria, whilst also celebrating the progress we have achieved in the fight against the world’s deadliest creature.

This World Mosquito Day, we encourage all partners to mark the day by joining our social media campaign and sharing content including posts and video links. This toolkit provides suggested posts, handles and assets to help your organization help raise awareness about the deadly mosquito and the havoc it wreaks on the most vulnerable populations around the world.

HASHTAGS

Our social media posts will use the following hashtags, and we encourage you to use them too to help build a global campaign.

• #WorldMosquitoDay
• #endmalaria
• #StepUpTheFight

HANDLES

SOCIAL MEDIA ASSETS

We would be delighted if you could support our World Mosquito Day social media campaign. There is already a range of fantastic video assets developed by several of RBM Partners, including new content from the RBM Partnership and On our Radar. We encourage all our partners to promote and share these assets which include:

Short RBM Partnership video showing mosquito swarm in Paris

On our Radar, Beyond the Bite, web documentary series – A web documentary series launched in August 2019 reporting on malaria from the front lines of Sierra Leone.

Short RBM Partnership video explaining the Zero Malaria starts with Me movement

Additional Content

Explainer video of The World Health Organisation and the RBM Partnership to End Malaria's new targeted response launched alongside the 2018 World Malaria Report

Nobody likes Mosquitoes, Gates Foundation – short video by Bill Gates Foundation explaining the danger of the mosquito

Short animated film launched by Malaria Must Die in 2018

Ready to Beat Malaria: A swarm in London – Malaria Must Die video launched in 2018 showing a mosquito swarm taking over London

David Beckham’s 2019 campaign video for Malaria Must Die

Quartz Obsession: Mosquitoes - 2018 World Mosquito Day newsletter that provides interesting facts and statistics about the mosquito

The 7 Dwarfs Whistle While They Work To Fight Malaria, NPR - a 1943 anti-malaria video, produced by Walt Disney for the US government and starring the Seven Dwarfs

Investing in innovation to beat the mosquito - recent article written by Martin Edlund, CEO, Malaria No More for The Hill, highlighting the importance of investment in innovation to win the fight against malaria

SUGGESTED POSTS

The posts we have developed below include links to some of these assets, although partners are also welcome to include these assets in their own posts in the run up to, and on World Mosquito Day. Whilst not all the assets have been included in the tweets below, please feel free to share them all!

Twitter

Below is a selection of suggested posts that you can share on World Mosquito Day. We also encourage partners to post about the day in advance to build anticipation and awareness.

• Raise your hand if you knew Mother Theresa, Gandhi and dinosaurs all suffered the fate from the same animal. http://bit.ly/2viBzUS #WorldMosquitoDay #EndMalaria @malariamustdie @aardman
• Shout out to Ronald Ross for his game-changing discovery 122 years ago. If it weren’t for him, malaria could be as prevalent as the common cold. #WorldMosquitoDay #EndMalaria
• Since 2000, global efforts to #endmalaria have saved 7 million lives from #malaria. We must continue to protect communities from the world’s deadliest creature! This #WorldMosquitoDay join us in declaring that #ZeroMalariaStartsWithMe https://bit.ly/2YWaS4A
• #DYK that every two minutes a child dies from #malaria? This #WorldMosquitoDay lend your voice to the #malariamustdie petition to tell leaders that malaria must die, so millions can live! https://bit.ly/2Gbr8IL @malariamustdie
• This #WorldMosquitoDay, let leading #malaria champion @BillGates explain why the mosquito is the most hated creature on earth! https://bit.ly/2JGVdlk #endmalaria
• By delivering the malaria parasite through its bite, the world’s deadliest animal kills a child every 2 minutes and nearly 1/2 million people each year. @endmalaria is obsessed with protecting everyone from malaria. Check out @quartz and their obsession about the deadly https://bit.ly/2Z1oM9n
• This #WorldMosquitoDay make sure you watch @OnOurRadar’s Beyond the Bite - short films following people on the frontline of the fight against #malaria. Told by local reporters, these stories highlight that more must be done to #endmalaria https://bit.ly/2KGrZSC
• We know we can #endmalaria for good, but progress is uneven. This #WorldMosquitoDay make sure you watch this video about @endmalaria and @WHO’s targeted response “High burden to high impact.” https://bit.ly/2TqNg6N
• You will have seen films like The Lion King or Aladdin, but have you seen @Disney’s 1943 film on how to stop the mosquito spreading malaria? This #WorldMosquitoDay, let the 7 Dwarfs explain how communities can protect themselves! @NPR @NPRGoatsandSoda https://n.pr/2H5RXOB
• In May this year, Argentina and Algeria beat the mosquito and helped #endmalaria! This #WorldMosquitoDay we celebrate that more countries are close to elimination than ever before. Join us in becoming the generation to #endmalaria
• How much do you know about #malaria? This #WorldMosquitoDay put your knowledge of the disease to the test with this @fightmalaria quiz! https://bit.ly/2wO4z7s
• “The scope of the challenge to #endmalaria in our lifetime is enormous, yet it is achievable,” says @MartinMEdlund. “With U.S. leadership and innovation, we can finish the job by ending one of humanity’s oldest, deadliest diseases forever.” http://bit.ly/33IqZGD #WorldMosquitoDay