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World Mosquito Day 2026 – August 20

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  • World Mosquito Day is observed every year on 20 August.
  • The day commemorates Sir Ronald Ross’s discovery in 1897 that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria.
  • Ross made the discovery while working in Secunderabad, India.
  • His findings helped establish the role of mosquitoes in malaria transmission.
  • In 1902, Ronald Ross received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on malaria.
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