Following years of commitment and hard work from government, organizations and communities alike, El Salvador become the first Central American country to be officially malaria-free.
A team of scientists in Kenya and the United Kingdom have discovered a microbe that prevents mosquitoes from getting malaria, in turn protecting people from getting infected by the deadly disease.
41 scientists, economists and health experts have revealed in a major report that the planet can be forever free of malaria – one of the oldest and deadliest diseases – by the year 2050.