Paraguay is malaria-free, message from WHO Director-General
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Channel: World Health Organization (WHO) · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism
On 11 June 2018, WHO certified Paraguay as having eliminated malaria, the first country in the Americas to be granted this status since Cuba in 1973. In this video message, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus commends Paraguay on its achievement and briefly outlines the success factors that enabled the country to become malaria-free. More information: www.who.int/malaria/areas/elimination/en/
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