Table 2.

classification of selected countries in the pre-elimination, elimination, prevention of reintroduction and malaria-free stages, as 1 December 2011 (Ref. [1]).

WHO Region	Pre-elimination	Elimination	Prevention of reintroduction	Certified malaria-free within last 5 years, or no local transmission reported for over a decade
Africa	Cape Verde	Algeria
Americas	Argentina, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay		Bahamas, Jamaica
Eastern Mediterranean		Iran, Saudi Arabia	Egypt, Iraq, Oman, Syrian Arab Republic	Morocco, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Europe		Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan	Georgia, Russian Federation	Armenia
South East Asia	DPR Korea, Sri Lanka
Western Pacific	Malaysia	Republic of Korea