Egypt declared malaria-free by World Health Organization

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Egypt declared malaria-free by World Health Organization

Egypt has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) – an achievement hailed by the UN public health agency as “truly historic”.

“Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilization itself, but the ******** that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Egyptian authorities launched their first efforts to stamp out the deadly mosquito-borne infectious ******** nearly 100 years.

Certification is granted when a country proves that the transmission chain is interrupted for at least the previous three consecutive years. Malaria ****** at least 600,000 people every year, nearly all of them in *******.

In a statement on Sunday, the WHO praised “the Egyptian government and people” for their efforts to “end a ******** that has been present in the country since ancient times”.

It said Egypt was the third country to be certified in the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, following the ******* ***** Emirates and Morocco.

Globally, 44 countries and one territory have reached this milestone.

But the WHO said the certification was only “the beginning of a new phase”, urging Egypt to be on the alert to preserve its malaria-free status.

To get the WHO certification, a country must demonstrate the capacity to prevent the re-establishment of transmission.

The UN public health agency said first efforts to limit human-mosquito contact in Egypt began in the 1920s when it banned rice cultivation and agricultural crops near homes.

Malaria is caused by a complex parasite which is spread by mosquito bites.

Vaccines are now being used in some places – but monitoring the ******** and avoiding mosquito bites are the most effective ways to prevent malaria.

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