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Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort (www.bbc.com)
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“Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilization itself, but the disease that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Colonialism is one hell of a drug.