Cape Verde becomes fourth African country to eliminate malaria
Cape Verde has become the fourth country in Africa and the 44th in the world to eliminate malaria.
Africa has the highest number of cases of the mosquito-borne disease in the world. In 2022, 94% of the 249 million cases globally and 95% of deaths were recorded on the continent.
Algeria, Morocco and Mauritius were certified malaria-free in 2019, 2010 and 1973 respectively.
Cape Verde regularly experienced severe epidemics across all the archipelago’s 10 islands. However, since the 1980s, malaria had been confined to only two islands, Santiago and Boa Vista, both of which have not recorded cases since 2017.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/jan/12/cape-verde-becomes-fourth-african-country-to-eliminate-malaria
Meanwhile, we're getting it here. What dos that make us, a shithole country?
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