Dozens of countries have tamed malaria, but can we eradicate it?


A child receives the RTS malaria vaccine in Gisambai, Kenya, in March

A toddler receives the RTS,S malaria vaccine in Gisambai, Kenya, in March

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Forty-two nations or territories have been licensed as malaria-free by the World Well being Group (WHO). This has largely been credited to the usage of mattress nets and pesticides, alongside environment friendly diagnoses and coverings for the parasitic situation.

However with local weather change creating new breeding grounds for malaria-carrying mosquitoes and the roll out of an efficient vaccine being too costly for a lot of nations, worldwide malaria elimination isn’t an easy process.

An estimated 247 million instances and 619,000 …