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Re:Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort by tshaddox on Monday October 21, 2024 @10:56AM (#41904886)
FTA:

> Certification is granted when a country proves that the transmission chain is interrupted for at least the previous three consecutive years.

And

> To get the WHO certification, a country must demonstrate the capacity to prevent the re-establishment of transmission.

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Re:Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort by eacnamn on Monday October 21, 2024 @12:41PM (#41905885)
Do you know whether that capacity is regularly reinvestigated? Because if not you could get the certification, wait a couple of years, and then dismantle all infrastructure while still reaping the, if ephemeral, benefits.
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Re:Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort by lenzm on Monday October 21, 2024 @01:13PM (#41906174)
As if the main benefit of being certified malaria free is the certification instead of actually being malaria free?
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