This year, like every year, Africa and the world commemorated Africa Malaria Day on 25 April.

This year's theme for Africa Malaria Day was "Unite Against Malaria", and the associated slogan was "Together We Can Beat Malaria".

The theme highlighted the crucial element of a successful fight against malaria: partnership. Malaria is not only an African problem, and global cooperation is needed to defeat it. All stakeholders—from donor-country and endemic-country governments to specialized agencies to community groups and individuals—must work together, coordinating their efforts to best achieve their common goal of rolling back malaria.

This year’s commemoration of Africa Malaria Day was particularly symbolic as it marked the halfway point between 2000—the year of the African Summit on Malaria in Abuja, Nigeria—and 2010, the year by which the 44 African leaders at the Summit pledged to halve the burden of malaria in Africa. This is the year to take stock of progress towards the goal of halving malaria, using the interim objectives for 2005—known as the Abuja Targets—set by the leaders at the Summit, and to chart the course for the next five years and beyond, with a renewed commitment to unity and coherence in the fight against malaria.

More information on Africa Malaria Day 2005 on WHO/AFRO website