What should you know about the partnership to end malaria?

Ending malaria requires several actions together: reducing mosquito bites, recognising fever early, testing people who may be infected and providing the right treatment. Community programmes, health services and travellers all contribute in different ways. Public-health work does not replace personal assessment. A person can still need care after travel or a mosquito exposure, especially when fever comes with chills, sweating, headache or muscle aches.

Use measures that reduce mosquito bites, such as appropriate repellent, covered skin and screened or netted sleeping areas where advised. Before travel, book a travel health consultation and ask whether malaria prophylaxis is suitable for the destination and your health history. If you develop fever during or after travel, share the full itinerary with a clinician and arrange appropriate testing. Take prescribed treatment exactly as directed.

Get urgent help for fever after possible exposure if there is confusion, severe weakness, breathing difficulty, fainting, a seizure, repeated vomiting or yellow skin or eyes. Do not wait for a public-health campaign or assume symptoms are an ordinary viral illness. Children, pregnant people and those with immune problems need prompt clinical advice.

Ask how your destination affects malaria risk, what prevention is appropriate, when a blood test should be done and whether symptoms require repeat testing. Confirm how long to continue any prescribed medicine and which warning signs should send you to emergency care.