ABSTRACT Keywords: Nigeria had a vision of zero death from malaria by 2020 and was making efforts to achieve the goal. Reducing malaria mortality or eliminating malaria requires community ownership and active participation. This paper describes activities carried out in Bayelsa State to commemorate the 2019 World Malaria Day – an important global event towards eliminating malaria. Several organizations in the state collaborated to organize the event and used various media to spread the key messages of the day. Inadequate resources however limited full commemoration. A better-funded event in the future has potential for a larger impact. Bayelsa State, Malaria, Nigeria, World Malaria Day 1* 2 2 3 2 Oyeyemi AS, Davids KI, Edeki SO, Leghemo KT, Eguvbe AO. 1 Department of Community Medicine, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State Nigeria. 2 Department of Community Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. 3 Bayelsa State Malaria Elimination Programme, State Ministry of Health, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State *Correspondence: Abisoye Sunday Oyeyemi Email: abisoyeoyeyemi@ndu.edu.ng Phone no: +234-8037049837 Article information Date Submitted: 23/1/2021. Date Accepted: 21/2/2021 Date Published: 3/5/2021 http://jbrcp.net Oyeyemi AS, Davids KI, Edeki SO, Leghemo KT, Eguvbe AO. doi.org/10.46912/jbrcp.207 Galvanizing Communities towards Zero Malaria in Nigeria: An Account of 2019 World Malaria Day in Bayelsa State. J Biomed Res Clin Pract:2021;4(1):105-108. : https://doi.org/10.46912/jbrcp.207 website: http://www.jbrcp.net Access to the article Galvanizing Communities towards Zero Malaria in Nigeria: An Account of 2019 World Malaria Day in Bayelsa State 2018 Journal Impact Factor: 1.10 2636-7378 2651-5865 Print ISSN: | Online ISSN: Short Communication For Reprint Contact: jbrcp.net@gmail.com J Biomed Res. Clin Pract | Vol 4 | No 1 | 2021 How to cite this article \105 LITERATURE Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria continues to have a devastating impact on families, communities, and countries. Africa continues to bear the heaviest burden of the disease, accounting for 93% (213 million) of all cases and 94% (380, 700) of deaths 1 worldwide. Nigeria accounts for 25% of the global burden of the disease and tops the list of the 11 high burden countries that account for 70% of all malaria 2 cases and deaths globally. The WHO, in its Global Technical Strategy for Malaria (GTSM), has set new targets for a world free of malaria and these include reduction of mortality rates and case incidence globally 3 to at least 90% by 2030. An underpinning principle for the attainment of the GTSM is country ownership with involvement and 3 participation of communities. For this to happen, communities need to be properly mobilized using multiple approaches. One major strategy of mobilizing communities for action against malaria is World Malaria Day (WMD). World Malaria Day is one of the nine major days and two weeks marked by World Health Organization Journal of Biomedical Research & Clinical Pracice (JBRCP)