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Tamil Nadu’s strategies for Malaria elimination
April 16 , 2025
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- In Tamil Nadu, for the past two years, only around 340 cases were reported.
- Tamil Nadu used two varieties of malaria commonly – vivax and falciparum.
- Between 2001 and 2020, malaria cases declined from 2.09 million to 0.19 million.
- The Plasmodium falciparum cases (considered the deadliest) declined from 1.0 to 0.12 million cases during the same period.
- The SPR (slide positivity rate) declined from 2.31 to 0.19.
- The SFR (slide falciparum rate) declined from 1.11 in 2001 to 0.12 in 2020.
- Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Odisha, U.P. and West Bengal continue to contribute a high number of cases.
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