The WHO recently declared Europe "malaria free". http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-europe-malaria-idUKKCN0XH25Q http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-eu

The WHO recently declared Europe "malaria free". http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-europe-malaria-idUKKCN0XH25Q http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-europe-malaria-idUKK... It seems that at least some of the reason why malaria is so prevalent in sub-Sahara Africa has to do with poor housing, poor management of drainage / sewers, and poor roads. http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jtm/2012/819563/ http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jtm/2012/819563/ I'm not ruling out eliminating mosquitoes per se, but the United States and Europe managed to largely eliminate malaria in the 1930s-1940s without eliminating mosquitoes. So before I'd start advocating the elimination of entire subsets of species, I'd ask how the US and Europe were successful in their efforts, and wonder why we can't apply those lessons to the rest of the world. Maybe the money spent in targeting the elimination of mosquitoes (which cause a lot of problems) would be better spent in general health and sanitation (the lack of which also causes a lot of problems), for instance.