Egypt has been declared malaria-free by the World Health Organization. Egypt is the third country in the Eastern Mediterranean region WHO has acknowledged as malaria-free, following Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.

• In all, 44 countries and one territory have this designation.
• WHO labels a country malaria-free when it can showcase “beyond reasonable doubt” that the disease has gone three consecutive years prior to the certification without spread, by way of the Anopheles species of mosquitoes, also known as marsh mosquitoes.
• Countries must also show that it has effective prevention measures in place.