The World Health Organization announced on Tuesday that China is now malaria-free, congratulating the country on this success, which it described as a remarkable achievement. In a statement, it said: "After 70 years of efforts, China has received certification from the World Health Organization confirming that it is free of malaria, which is a remarkable feat for a country that reported 30,000 cases of this disease annually in the 1940s."
The organization's Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated: "We congratulate the people of China today on getting rid of malaria. This success was gained at a high cost of hard work and was achieved after decades of targeted and systematic actions." Tedros emphasized that China "joins an increasing number of countries showing the world that a future free of malaria is a realistic goal." The organization noted that China has become the first country in the western Pacific region to receive such certification in the past 30 years. Obtaining this certification requires providing evidence that no local transmission of the disease has been detected across the country for three consecutive years.
