The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Azerbaijan and Tajikistan malaria-free countries.
Publika.az informs that information about this was spread on the “Twitter” account of the European office of the WHO.
“This success was made possible by the dedication of health workers, as well as targeted prevention, early detection and treatment of malaria cases,” the statement said.
It should be recalled that in September 2021, the leadership of the Ministry of Health sent an official request to WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus regarding the initiation of the certification process for malaria eradication in Azerbaijan. As part of this process, the WHO certification mission visited Azerbaijan from May 16 to 20, 2022.
The malaria situation in Azerbaijan began to deteriorate rapidly at the beginning of the 1990s, the number of malaria cases increased from 23 to 667 in 1993-1994, and to 13,135 in 1996. For many years, large-scale measures have been implemented in Azerbaijan to prevent and eliminate malaria outbreaks. As a result of these efforts, there have been no local cases of malaria infection since 2013.
Malaria, one of the deadliest global diseases, is especially widespread in Africa. This mosquito-borne disease is prevalent mainly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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