Algeria & Argentina Kick Out Malaria in "Historic Achievement"
By Roperfree Almost half a million people die of malaria every year worldwide and most malaria deaths are in the Sub-Saharan Africa. According to Bill-Gates “disease will never get it to zero but science today should give us tools to solve a lot of big killers.” Good news! Malaria has been eliminated from Algeria and Argentina according the World Health Organization (WHO) “Algeria has shown the rest of Africa that malaria can be beaten through country leadership, bold action, sound investment and science. The rest of the continent can learn from this experience” said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti WHO’s regional director for Africa. Algeria, where malaria parasite was discovered by French physician Dr. Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran in 1880, is the only second country to reach this milestone following Mauritius was declared as malaria free in 1973. In order for a country to be certified as malaria-free it has to prove that it has stopped in- country transmi...