Cabo Verde

• The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Cabo Verde (also known as Cape Verde) as a malaria-free country, becoming the third country to acquire the status in the global health organisation’s African region.
• The country has now joined Mauritius and Algeria, who were certified in 1973 and 2019, respectively.
• Africa has the highest malaria burden and accounted for roughly 95 per cent of global malaria cases and 96 per cent of related deaths in 2021.

ABOUT CABO VERDE

• Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean.
• It consists of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres.