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Do other states in the area have malaria? How and when were they resolved?

ignoramous 2y ago
Israel Jacob Klinger quite famously rid Palestine (mandate) of malaria. In the Galilee and around Lake Kinnereth (Sea of Galilee), malaria had decimated the Jewish settlements, with the incidence rate at 95%+ of the workers in 1919. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria_in_Mandatory_Palestine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria_in_Mandatory_Palestine
Jackim 2y ago
Egypt has been low-risk for malaria for some time. This declaration is from the WHO: WHO declares a nation as a ‘malaria-free’ upon receiving valid proof that the Anopheles mosquito-borne native malaria transmission chain has been broken for at least the previous three years on a national level. A country must also demonstrate the capacity to prevent the re-establishment of transmission. In June 2024, the WHO confirmed that there was no local transmission of malaria in Egypt, with all identified cases being imported from endemic countries. Egypt’s robust surveillance system was instrumental in early case detection, facilitated by collaboration with relevant stakeholders. Neighbouring countries to the south have a high risk for malaria, but Egypt has had significant efforts to eliminate the disease since the '40s.
- dotancohen 2y ago
  > Egypt’s robust surveillance system was instrumental in early case detection This sounds like HN material on its own.
  - j_maffe 2y ago
    Ecological surveillance...
pmontra 2y ago
On the north shore of the Mediterranean sea Italy got malaria free by removing many swamps and flooded lowlands, quinine and eventually by using DDT. It was a very long effort, more that one century long. Details at https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3340992/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3340992/
- dsign 2y ago
  How dare they? Mosquitoes are a vital part of the ecosystems. And they should restore the swamps too. Now, that DDT perversion, for that alone they deserve a second flood. Sarcasm aside, I love swamps and I hate mosquitoes, other bugs and crocodiles because they don't let me enjoy the swamp. I also don't like cities nor agriculture for the same reason. But I like people and people being happy. Humanism and environmentalism are at odds more often than they are not.
  - TeMPOraL 2y ago
    > Humanism and environmentalism are at odds more often than they are not. It gets less surprising when people realize that nature is red in tooth and claw, an uncaring shithole we're evolutionary conditioned to find pretty - at least the parts we see. Beautiful meadows and happy animals and careless people are just propaganda - in reality, the people are sick and busy with back-breaking work, and animals are all on the verge of starvation, and that doesn't even touch the microbiological scale. Ecological balance is achieved by means that, when applied to balance between humans, we'd call unending war of attrition. Humanism and environmentalism are at odds because nature doesn't care about humans anymore than it cares about anything else. Brutal death and constant suffering are hallmarks of nature.
  - mmooss 2y ago
    Did anyone besides you say these things?
    - dsign 2y ago
      I understand the sentiment behind your question (lashing back in hurt), but not your reasoning. What is it? Do you believe that people can live prosperous lives in harmony with nature, and thus what you perceive as cynicism offends you? Or, do you agree with me but you think that it's something better silenced in polite company? Or something else entirely? Do you like the mosquitoes and the crocodiles, or do you believe that it's unfair people have to live near them? The mosquito is the Great Killer, the animal that kills most people, even above and beyond other people. I like swamps though, they are beautiful. And I like the happy careless shoppers and their giggles in huge malls in huge metropolis, but I know the terrible cost it has to our nature. And I resent the contradiction dearly. In any case, I can't elaborate on the things I say without understanding what exactly you take issue with.
soperj 2y ago
The US and Canada used to have a big malaria problem. Over a thousand people died constructing the Rideau Canal, and majority were from malaria.[0] [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rideau_Canal#Construction_deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rideau_Canal#Construction_deat...

Israel Jacob Klinger quite famously rid Palestine (mandate) of malaria. In the Galilee and around Lake Kinnereth (Sea of Galilee), malaria had decimated the Jewish settlements, with the incidence rate at 95%+ of the workers in 1919. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria_in_Mandatory_Palestine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria_in_Mandatory_Palestine

Jackim 2y ago

Egypt has been low-risk for malaria for some time. This declaration is from the WHO: WHO declares a nation as a ‘malaria-free’ upon receiving valid proof that the Anopheles mosquito-borne native malaria transmission chain has been broken for at least the previous three years on a national level. A country must also demonstrate the capacity to prevent the re-establishment of transmission. In June 2024, the WHO confirmed that there was no local transmission of malaria in Egypt, with all identified cases being imported from endemic countries. Egypt’s robust surveillance system was instrumental in early case detection, facilitated by collaboration with relevant stakeholders. Neighbouring countries to the south have a high risk for malaria, but Egypt has had significant efforts to eliminate the disease since the '40s.

dotancohen 2y ago
> Egypt’s robust surveillance system was instrumental in early case detection This sounds like HN material on its own.
- j_maffe 2y ago
  Ecological surveillance...

pmontra 2y ago

On the north shore of the Mediterranean sea Italy got malaria free by removing many swamps and flooded lowlands, quinine and eventually by using DDT. It was a very long effort, more that one century long. Details at https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3340992/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3340992/

dsign 2y ago
How dare they? Mosquitoes are a vital part of the ecosystems. And they should restore the swamps too. Now, that DDT perversion, for that alone they deserve a second flood. Sarcasm aside, I love swamps and I hate mosquitoes, other bugs and crocodiles because they don't let me enjoy the swamp. I also don't like cities nor agriculture for the same reason. But I like people and people being happy. Humanism and environmentalism are at odds more often than they are not.
- TeMPOraL 2y ago
  > Humanism and environmentalism are at odds more often than they are not. It gets less surprising when people realize that nature is red in tooth and claw, an uncaring shithole we're evolutionary conditioned to find pretty - at least the parts we see. Beautiful meadows and happy animals and careless people are just propaganda - in reality, the people are sick and busy with back-breaking work, and animals are all on the verge of starvation, and that doesn't even touch the microbiological scale. Ecological balance is achieved by means that, when applied to balance between humans, we'd call unending war of attrition. Humanism and environmentalism are at odds because nature doesn't care about humans anymore than it cares about anything else. Brutal death and constant suffering are hallmarks of nature.
- mmooss 2y ago
  Did anyone besides you say these things?
  - dsign 2y ago
    I understand the sentiment behind your question (lashing back in hurt), but not your reasoning. What is it? Do you believe that people can live prosperous lives in harmony with nature, and thus what you perceive as cynicism offends you? Or, do you agree with me but you think that it's something better silenced in polite company? Or something else entirely? Do you like the mosquitoes and the crocodiles, or do you believe that it's unfair people have to live near them? The mosquito is the Great Killer, the animal that kills most people, even above and beyond other people. I like swamps though, they are beautiful. And I like the happy careless shoppers and their giggles in huge malls in huge metropolis, but I know the terrible cost it has to our nature. And I resent the contradiction dearly. In any case, I can't elaborate on the things I say without understanding what exactly you take issue with.

soperj 2y ago

The US and Canada used to have a big malaria problem. Over a thousand people died constructing the Rideau Canal, and majority were from malaria.[0] [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rideau_Canal#Construction_deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rideau_Canal#Construction_deat...