Botswana could be malaria free � report

Other countries are Algeria, Cape Verde, Comoros Islands, South Africa and Swaziland. “WHO estimates that 21 countries are in a position to achieve this goal, including six countries in the African region, where the burden of the disease is heaviest,” the Geneva−based organisation said in a statement.

The news comes some few months after Botswana was awarded the 2016 African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) award, in recognition of its attainment of more than 75 percent of the goals set for control and management of the disease in terms of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set in 2000.