Cape Verde Declared Malaria-Free by WHO
The African nation becomes the third in the continent to achieve this status, expected to boost tourism industry.
- Cape Verde has been declared malaria-free by the World Health Organization, making it the third African country to achieve this status.
- The certification follows no reported cases of local transmission in the past three years.
- Cape Verde joins Mauritius and Algeria, which were certified in 1973 and 2019, respectively.
- The country's malaria-free status is expected to boost tourism, which currently accounts for 25% of Cape Verde's GDP.
- The WHO certification is granted when a country has demonstrated no locally transmitted cases of malaria in at least the last three years.
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