A History of disease elimination successes
For over 122 years, PAHO and the countries of the Americas have played a key role in realizing historic disease elimination achievements
Regional Achievement
Country Achievement
1961 to 1973
Malaria
Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America
1973
Smallpox
1994
Poliomyelitis
1999
Chagas disease vector-borne transmission by all vectors
Chile
2004
Guinea worm
2011
Lymphatic filariasis
Costa Rica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
2012
Chagas disease vector-borne transmission by all vectors
Uruguay
Malaria
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Chile, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Uruguay
2013
Onchocerciasis
Colombia
2014
Onchocerciasis
Ecuador
2015
Rubella
Congenital rubella syndrome
Chagas disease transmission by blood transfusion
All 21 endemic countries
HIV and syphilis mother-to-child transmission
Cuba
Onchocerciasis
Mexico
2016
Measles
Onchocerciasis
Guatemala
2017
Neonatal tetanus
Trachoma
Mexico
HIV and syphilis mother to child transmission
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis
2018
Chagas disease transmission by primary vector
Honduras, Nicaragua
Malaria
Paraguay
Chagas disease vector-borne transmission by all vectors
Paraguay
2019
Chagas disease transmission by primary vector
Guatemala
Human rabies, dog-mediated
Mexico
Malaria
Argentina
2020
HIV and syphilis mother to child transmission
Dominica
2021
Malaria
El Salvador
2023
Malaria
Belize
2024
Foot-and-mouth disease
Transmission of foot-and-mouth disease has been interrupted in 12 out of the 20 countries where this disease occurs
HIV and syphilis mother to child transmission
Belize, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Lymphatic filariasis
Brazil
