World Mosquito Day

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2026 InternationalAug 20 International Thu, Aug 20Observances Holiday 2025 InternationalAug 20 International Wed, Aug 20Observances Holiday 2024 InternationalAug 20 International Tue, Aug 20Observances Holiday 2023 InternationalAug 20 International Sun, Aug 20Observances Holiday 2022 InternationalAug 20 International Sat, Aug 20Observances Holiday
Summary
A day observed in the honour of the man who discovered that the deadly disease of Malaria is spread through a mosquito bite.

World Mosquito Day is observed each year on 20 August. It was on this day in 1897 that a British doctor, Sir Ronald Ross, discovered the link between mosquitoes, malaria and humans. He found out that the malaria parasite is transmitted to human beings due to the bite of certain mosquitoes.

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