India, Jan. 27 -- Following nearly a century-long effort, the World Health Organization has certified Georgia as malaria-free. With this announcement, Georgia joins the ranks of 45 countries and 1 territory that have achieved this milestone.
"Today we congratulate the people of Georgia for their decades of targeted and sustained actions to eliminate malaria, one of the world's leading killers," said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. "Georgia's commitment and success gives us hope that a malaria-free world is possible."
Certification of malaria elimination is granted by WHO when a country has proven, beyond reasonable doubt, that the chain of indigenous transmission has been interrupted nationwide for at least the previou...