World Mosquito Day 2023: 20 August

World Mosquito Day 2023: 20 August: Every year on 20 August, World Mosquito Day is observed. It is observed to commemorate the discovery made by Sir Ronald Ross in 1897. In 1897, Sir Ronald Ross discovered that the malaria parasite is transmitted to humans by Anopheles mosquitoes.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz: August 2023

World Mosquito Day is organized annually by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Today, mosquito-borne diseases kill more than one million people and infect 700 million people each year, which is about one in ten people. In 2023, more than three million dengue cases and more than 1,500 dengue-related deaths have been reported so far globally.

Argentina, Peru, and Bangladesh have experienced the largest outbreaks of dengue in their history, while Paraguay has seen a sharp rise in chikungunya cases.