No More Malaria Threat in Sri Lanka! One of the first questions that every one of our guests asks us when they first land in Sri Lanka is “How worried do I need to be about Malaria?”. Often they look at us with suspicion as we say “absolutely no problem at all!”
So, we were excited to see yesterday that the World Health Organisation has declared Sri Lanka to be a Malaria-Free Zone after 3.5 years without a local transmission of the disease. Well done Sri Lanka!
Here are the facts for those of you who want them: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/05/sri-lanka-malaria-free-world-health-organisation