The World Health Organization says the disease "that plagued pharaohs" now belongs to Egypt's history.

In a statement on Sunday, the WHO praised “the Egyptian government and people” for their efforts to “end a disease that has been present in the country since ancient times”.

It said Egypt was the third country to be certified in the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, following the United Arab Emirates and Morocco.

  •  atro_city   ( @atro_city@fedia.io ) 
    1•6 hours ago

    The article is very light on information. I for one would be interested in knowing how they got rid of malaria. There’s only this sentence about methods, but that’s from 100 years ago.

    The UN public health agency said first efforts to limit human-mosquito contact in Egypt began in the 1920s when it banned rice cultivation and agricultural crops near homes.