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Table 3 Number of countries issuing stamps related to malaria by WHO region and historical perioda

From: Analysing malaria events from 1840 to 2020: the narrative told through postage stamps

WHO Region

1932–1954

1955–1969

1970–1995

1996–2020

Africa

1

35

2

18b

Eastern Mediterranean

0

15

1

0

Europe

1

20

1

2

Americasc

3

17

2

0

South-East Asia

0

21

4

1

Western Pacific

0

2

2

1

United Nationsd

0

1

0

1

All regions

5

111

12

23

  1. a Excluded are States with botanical issues showing only Cinchona species, or insect transmission without stating malaria
  2. b Several of these African Nation’s postal administrations issued malaria-related stamps annually from 2012
  3. c Includes Caribbean region
  4. d The United Nations autonomously issue postally valid stamps from the UN agencies in Geneva, Vienna, and New York