The increasing economic crisis and related popular turmoil aren’t the only things Greece has to battle: after having been declared free of malaria almost 40 years ago, the country now does its utmost to prevent the mosquito-borne disease from making a comeback.

According a report published in Eurosurveillance on November 22, outbreaks of locally transmitted malaria since 2011 in the regions of Laconia and East Attica make it urgent to increase surveillance and take mosquito control measures to eliminate the risk of the disease becoming re-established. Continue reading →