- Recently the World Health Organization has declared Cape Verde a malaria free country.
- Cape Verde is currently the third country in the African region to be certified malaria free by WHO, along with Mauritius and Algeria.
- South East Asian region: Maldives (2015) and Sri Lanka (2016) have been certified malaria free by WHO.
- India has not been certified malaria-free.
- Currently, WHO has provided ‘malaria-free’ certification to 43 countries and 1 territory.
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