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Cape Verde has achieved a decisive victory against malaria, becoming the third African Nation to rid itself of the disease.
Past developments:
- Cape Verde is the third country to get rid itself of the disease. The country has now joined Mauritius and Algeria, who were certified malaria-free in 1973 and 2019, respectively.
- Cape Verde went through its last malaria peak in the late 1980s. Since then, it has been confined to two islands: Santiago and Boa Vista.
- Both the islands have now been malaria-free since 2017.
- In 2007, eliminating malaria became a national objective for Cape Verde, and subsequently, it came up with a strategic malaria plan from 2009 to 2013.
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Criteria for being a malaria free nation:
- For this certification, a nation needs to prove that the domestic chain of transmission has been broken for at least three consecutive years.
- Worldwide, only 43 nations + (1-Territory) have been certified as Maria-free by the WHO.
- Other countries certified malaria-free in recent years are as following:
- Tajikistan (2023), Azerbaijan (2023), Belize (2023), China (2021), El Salvador (2021).
- La Reunion is a French overseas region which was certified malaria-free independently from Metropolitan France (1979).
