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World malaria report – WHO
November 23 , 2018
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- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released the World malaria report recently.
- It states that India is the only country to have recorded a substantial decline in malaria cases in 2017 out of the 11 highest burden countries worldwide.
- As per the report, India accounted for 4 % of global malaria cases in 2017. It has made significant progress in reducing malaria since then.
- India has registered a 24 % reduction in cases over 2016, mainly due to its reduction in the highly malaria infected state of Odisha.
- Odisha contributed to nearly 40 % of all malaria cases in India.
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- In 2017, India launched its five-year National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination that shifted focus from malaria “control” to “elimination”.
- It provided a road-map with targets to end malaria in 571 districts out of India’s 678 districts by 2022.
- In 2018, WHO certified Paraguay as malaria-free, becoming the first country in the American continent to receive this status in 45 years.
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