The Daily Populous Monday October 21st, 2024 morning edition
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Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort

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

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 disease 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 disease 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 kills at least 600,000 people every year, nearly all of them in Africa.

walrusbwalrus on October 20th, 2024 at 22:11 UTC »

This is fucking incredible! What a wonderful development, and well done Egypt! I’m sure I’m way off but I recall some scientist saying something insane like a third of all human deaths throughout history were due to mosquito born illnesses. Again, not real information, interpreted info from a source I can’t recall going through my addled brain.

green_flash on October 20th, 2024 at 20:51 UTC »

More background from the WHO directly:

https://www.who.int/news/item/20-10-2024-egypt-is-certified-malaria-free-by-who

An important part of this success story:

> Malaria diagnosis and treatment are provided free-of-charge to the entire population in Egypt regardless of legal status.

Designer_Buy_1650 on October 20th, 2024 at 20:49 UTC »

Some good news. Unbelievable.