Florida recently reported1 something it hadn’t seen in 20 years: Locally transmitted malaria2 —cases spread by mosquitoes right here at home.

This isn’t just a Florida story, it’s a national one. Each year, about 2,000 malaria cases are imported 3 into the United States.

To keep our families safe at home, we need to continue U.S. leadership in global health.

Thanks to decades of American leadership in the Global Fund partnership, we’ve seen real, measurable results.

Global health Starts at Home

A lab technician categorizes and tests mosquitos for malaria infection in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Photo credit: The Global Fund

What is Malaria?

Child under a mosquito net.

Photo credit: The Global Fund/Jiro Ose

The Threat is Here

Disease patterns are shifting and malaria is on the move.

Across the country, we’re seeing changes in when and where mosquito-borne diseases appear.

All dengue cases by jurisdiction of residence of U.S. states and territories

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  1. Outbreak of Locally Acquired Mosquito-Transmitted (Autochthonous) Malaria — Florida and Texas, May–July 2023. ↩︎
  2. About Malaria ↩︎
  3. Mitchell CL, Kennar A, Vasquez Y, et al. Notes from the Field: Increases in Imported Malaria Cases — Three Southern U.S. Border Jurisdictions, 2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:417–419. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7318a2 ↩︎