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Malaria elimination goal 2024
September 30 , 2024
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- Tamil Nadu is a step closer to eliminating malaria with 33 districts in the State recording zero indigenous cases in 2024.
- The State has been working towards eliminating malaria by 2030, adopting the national framework step by step from 2014.
- There were no deaths due to the disease from 2020 till August 2024.
- The number of cases reported a year has been steadily declining in the State — from 891 cases in 2020.
- The number has dropped to 233 in 2024 (till August).
- Chennai Corporation’s contribution to the total number of malaria cases in the State has dipped from 80% in 2020 to 45% in 2023; and 40% so far in 2024.
- Almost 50,000 cases were reported every year during 1990 to 1998.
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