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Suriname: first malaria-free country in the Amazon region

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: On June 30, 2025, WHO certified Suriname malaria free, after 3 consecutive years of proven interruption of indigenous malaria transmission by Anopheles mosquitoes. The country recorded the last cases of locally transmitted Plasmodium falciparum malaria in 2018 and of Plasmodium vivax malaria in 2021.

Source: The Lancet Microbe

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101246

Author: Manjulika Das

Language: English

Topic: Malaria Research and Control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $7,280

OpenAlex ID: W4414475511

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