Dozens of countries have tamed malaria, but can we eradicate it?

Forty-two international locations or territories have been licensed as malaria-free by the World Well being Group (WHO). This has largely been credited to using mattress nets and pesticides, alongside environment friendly diagnoses and coverings for the parasitic situation.

However with local weather change creating new breeding grounds for malaria-carrying mosquitoes and the roll out of an efficient vaccine being too costly for a lot of international locations, worldwide malaria elimination isn’t an easy activity.

An estimated 247 million cases and 619,000 …