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Egypt declared malaria-free by World Health Organization (www.bbc.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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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.

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[–] peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago

Congratulations! .... [Cries in Florida man tears]

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

One down... how many to go?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Mosquitos?
A few.

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

I killed one last night in my bedroom. I'm doing my part

[–] JaymesRS 4 points 3 weeks ago

WOOO!!! Free Malaria in Egypt!!!

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The WHO has more info in their announcement.

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

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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!

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

WHO got you on that too

https://www.who.int/teams/global-malaria-programme/prevention/vector-control

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

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?