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Malaria and India – Rank 4
September 13 , 2019
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- According to the latest Lancet Commission report, India is ranked fourth in the number of malaria cases in the world.
- Out of the 219 million cases that occurred in 2017, as many as 9.6 million occurred in India.
- India is followed by Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo And Mozambique.
- In other parts of world, Malaria is primarily a rural disease but India is the only country where there were cases of “urban malaria”.
- In 2017, 71 per cent of malaria cases in Tamil Nadu occurred in the capital city, Chennai.
- The main malaria vector in India ‘Anopheles stephensi’ is particularly suited for Indian urban environments.
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