As the international community marks World Malaria Day 2023, the IRC reflects on another year of providing lifesaving treatment to communities impacted by this disease around the globe. 

Over the past year alone, the IRC has provided 394,798 malaria treatments to children under five years old around the world. These treatments were provided to children by community health workers who ensure children in need are treated.  Children under the age of five are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of malaria – in 2021, more than three-quarters of the 619,000 people who died from malaria worldwide were children in this age group.