{"id":160064,"date":"2022-08-22T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/canada\/?post_type=one_press&#038;p=160064"},"modified":"2023-09-05T13:54:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:54:26","slug":"mash-those-mozzies-to-help-beat-malaria","status":"publish","type":"one_press","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/ca\/press\/mash-those-mozzies-to-help-beat-malaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Mash those &#8220;Mozzies&#8221; to Help Beat Malaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New game launched on World Mosquito Day to highlight fight against killer disease<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People can now contribute to the fight against malaria with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.one.org\/mash-quito\">a fun new game \u201cMash-quito\u201d<\/a>, released by anti-poverty organization ONE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the game, which is released to coincide with World Mosquito Day on Saturday, August 20th, players have to squish the insects that carry the life-threatening disease whilst avoiding the friendly birds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The game, which was released in partnership with games developer Altered Gene, is designed to highlight the global effort to beat malaria, which is still a huge threat to millions, with hard-hitting facts about the disease popping up as players progress:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Children 5 and younger bear the brunt of malaria around the globe &#8211; 3 in 4 people who die from malaria are children.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Malaria cases are on the rise: there were 14 million more reported cases in 2020 than 2019, in large part due to the impact Covid-19 had on global efforts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over 1 million people have received the new malaria vaccine since 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ONE is using the game to create a buzz around World Mosquito Day and the issues around fighting malaria. The aim of the game is to get people to share their score on the leaderboard and challenge friends to join the fight against malaria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jenny Ottenhoff, Global Health Policy Director, said \u201cMalaria remains one of the leading causes of death among children globally, and it\u2019s completely preventable with more political will and innovation. This game is a unique way to highlight the issue, point to the solutions, and get people engaged to end the threat of this killer disease.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is an important year for the global fight against malaria, with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria having a \u2018replenishment conference\u2019, where it will seek funds to continue its life-saving work, in September. Since its creation, the Global Fund has helped reduce deaths from malaria by 25% in the hardest hit countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>ENDS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mash-quito is made in partnership with Altered Gene Games: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/alteredgene.co.uk\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/alteredgene.co.uk\/index.html<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although this game depicts squashing mosquitos, in no way does the ONE Campaign or any partners condone animal abuse. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"buffer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People can now contribute to the fight against malaria with a fun new game \u201cMash-quito\u201d, released by anti-poverty organization ONE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"contributor":[],"class_list":["post-160064","one_press","type-one_press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mash those &quot;Mozzies&quot; 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