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23 October 2024

Episode 3447

58 minutes


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Antony Blinken is back in the Middle East – but prospects for a ceasefire appear slim. We also get the latest on the UN Biodiversity Conference in Colombia, find out why a former Peruvian president has been jailed for 20 years and learn how Egypt has managed to eradicate malaria. Plus: the Rome International Film Festival.

23 October 2024

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How Egypt eradicated malaria after centuries of suffering

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Malaria has long been prevalent throughout Egyptian civilisation and is thought to have even felled Tutankhamun. But now Egypt has been certified as a nation free of the disease, after nearly a century of work to eradicate it. But despite the success of a vaccine, public-health bodies will have to stay vigilant.

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