World Malaria Day: India registers over 85 per cent decline in malaria cases from 2015 to 2022

World Malaria Day: India registers over 85 per cent decline in malaria cases from 2015 to 2022

• World Malaria Day is being observed today. It is an international observance commemorated every year on 25th of April to recognise global efforts to control malaria. It is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control.
•  World Malaria Day was instituted by WHO Member States during the World Health Assembly of 2007. This year the theme is - Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement. Malaria is a disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. It is preventable and curable. Malaria symptoms include high fever,chills, headache and other flu like symptoms.
• India has witnessed over 85.1 per cent decline in malaria cases and 83.36 per cent reduction in deaths during the year from 2015 to 2022. Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya has informed that India was the only high-burden country in South- East Asia region which reported a decline in malaria cases in 2020 as compared to 2019. S&T

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Published date : 25 Apr 2023 06:10PM