In a statement on Sunday, the WHO praised “the Egyptian government and people” for their efforts to “end a disease 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 United Arab Emirates and Morocco.
Congratulations! … [Cries in Florida man tears]
WOOO!!! Free Malaria in Egypt!!!
The article is very light on information. I for one would be interested in knowing how they got rid of malaria. There’s only this sentence about methods, but that’s from 100 years ago.
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.
The WHO has more info in their announcement.
https://www.who.int/news/item/20-10-2024-egypt-is-certified-malaria-free-by-who
I’ll have to read up on what “vector control” is. But free diagnosis, treatment, and education are definitely good. They expand beyond just malaria, and I wish more people could see that.
Thanks for the link!
WHO got you on that too
https://www.who.int/teams/global-malaria-programme/prevention/vector-control
Anyone have a tl;dr (research) how did they achieve this goal?
Is such a feat done by directly draining swamplands & overall lowering biodiversity until less mosquitoey or is there more like a directly malaria focused effort in the sense mosquitoes arent carrying it?
