72nd session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) Current Affairs, GK & News

WHO: Algeria and Argentina declared Malaria-Free

May 24, 2019

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Algeria and Argentina as ‘Malaria-Free’ countries after no cases of indigenous transmission of disease were recorded. Key Highlights Background: The Malaria parasite was first discovered in humans in Algeria by a French physician named Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran in 1880. By 1960s, Malaria became Nigeria’s primary health challenge, ..

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