Uzbekistan becomes the latest country to be certified malaria-free
The RBM Partnership to End Malaria welcomes the announcement that Uzbekistan has received the World Health Organization (WHO)’s certification of malaria elimination.
This announcement makes Uzbekistan the eighth country to free itself from the burden of the disease since 2010 and marks the latest success in the fight against malaria in Central Asia. Turkmenistan was certified as malaria free in 2010, Armenia in 2011, Kyrgyzstan in 2016 and now Uzbekistan in 2018.
RBM Partnership to End Malaria Unites Global MP Taskforce to Champion Malaria Funding Ahead of 8th Global Fund Replenishment
23 October, Berlin – Parliamentarians announced the creation of a global MP taskforce between donor and malaria-endemic countries to advocate for increased funding commitments for the upcoming Global Fund Replenishment.