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bufferoverflow ◴[] No.41904719[source]
Doesn't it take just one tourist with malaria to bring it back?
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1. tshaddox ◴[] No.41904886[source]
FTA:

> Certification is granted when a country proves that the transmission chain is interrupted for at least the previous three consecutive years.

And

> To get the WHO certification, a country must demonstrate the capacity to prevent the re-establishment of transmission.

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2. eacnamn ◴[] No.41905885[source]
Do you know whether that capacity is regularly reinvestigated? Because if not you could get the certification, wait a couple of years, and then dismantle all infrastructure while still reaping the, if ephemeral, benefits.
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3. lenzm ◴[] No.41906174[source]
As if the main benefit of being certified malaria free is the certification instead of actually being malaria free?