{"id":160000,"date":"2022-09-01T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/?post_type=one_press&amp;p=160000"},"modified":"2022-09-01T07:00:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T11:00:33","slug":"mash-a-mosquito-to-help-beat-malaria","status":"publish","type":"one_press","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/press\/mash-a-mosquito-to-help-beat-malaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Mash a mosquito to help beat malaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WASHINGTON\u2013\u00a0 The ONE Campaign debuted a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/one.org\/mash-quito\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">new game<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to educate people about the \u201cworld\u2019s deadliest animal\u201d and encourage players to join the fight to end malaria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the world of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/one.org\/mash-quito\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mash-quito<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, players race to squish the insects that carry the life-threatening disease while avoiding the friendly birds (see screenshots below). The game 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<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Children 5 and younger bear the brunt of malaria around the globe\u2013 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ONE is using the game to create a buzz around the continued challenges in the fight against malaria, which, like efforts to end other diseases, experienced setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the game is to get players to share their score on the leaderboard and challenge friends to join the fight against malaria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jenny Ottenhoff, Global Health Policy Director at ONE, said:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In September, the United States will host the Seventh Replenishment Conference for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, a critical tool in the fight to end preventable disease. 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