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. 2007 Jul;85(7):507-8.
doi: 10.2471/blt.07.020707.

The quest to be free of malaria

May Meleigy

The quest to be free of malaria

May Meleigy. Bull World Health Organ. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was recently declared officially free of malaria after years of efforts to control the disease. Other countries across WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region are making progress, but there are still pockets of resistance.

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Child being tested for malaria in the United Arab Emirates. A health worker is taking a blood sample to be examined microscopically for malaria parasites.
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Malaria patients in West Darfur.
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