Consider the statements regarding WHO Malaria-Free Certification Criteria-
1. The Country under consideration has to prove that it has interrupted indigenous transmission of malaria for at least 3 consecutive years.
2. Algeria and Argentina has been declared as Malaria-free countries recently.
3. National Strategic Plan for malaria elimination (2017-2020) aims to eliminate Malaria by 2022.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Explanation:
WHO Malaria-Free Certification Criteria: The Country under consideration has to prove that it has interrupted indigenous transmission of malaria for at least 3 consecutive years. Till date a total of 36 countries have received WHO’s malaria free certification.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Algeria and Argentina as ‘Malaria-Free’ countries after no cases of indigenous transmission of disease were recorded.
The Government has drafted National Strategic Plan for malaria elimination (2017-2020) which plans to eliminate Malaria by 2030.