Around the world Quote by Tedros Adhanom

I speak often about my personal experiences with malaria in the field as a young public health officer because it had such a profound…

— Tedros Adhanom

I contracted malaria while working in the field. That was the impetus for me to pursue a doctorate in community health. As a young…

— Tedros Adhanom

Tackling malaria in a country like the Central African Republic is a huge uphill battle, and my experiences there have been a healthy dose…

— Mandy Moore

I've had malaria damn near eight times.

— Israel Adesanya

When I came to University of California, San Francisco to work on infectious disease, I looked around to different options, and malaria was particularly…

— Joseph DeRisi

I actually found contracting malaria in the Congo fascinating. Observing your body under attack from this microorganism and seeing how it responds is simultaneously…

— Jeremy Wade

[we have]taming of an ancient disease [malaria] that over the centuries has killed untold millions of people.

— Margaret Chan

The year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade of work,…

— Bill Gates

Over the years, I have worked on programs in Africa and around the globe to combat malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV. I have been witness…

— Tedros Adhanom

When I played for Ghana, I learned how to fight malaria. Simple vaccines are not enough. You also have to dry out infected areas…

— Kevin-Prince Boateng

The U.K. has led the fight against malaria for a long time, for well over a century in fact.

— Penny Mordaunt

I saw a lot of children who were in the latest stages of malaria. Those kids died very quickly.

— Tu Youyou