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El Salvador becomes first Central American country to be certified malaria-free

Geneva, 25 February 2021 -- Today, the RBM Partnership to End Malaria welcomes the news that El Salvador has been officially certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization (WHO).

El Salvador is the first country in Central America to receive this accolade presented to countries which have maintained at least three consecutive years of indigenous zero malaria cases, and the third in the Americas region to be certified in recent years, following Paraguay in 2018 and Argentina in 2019.