● India ranks very high in the list of countries with a serious malaria burden. In 2018 alone nearly 4 lakh cases of malaria and 85 deaths due to the disease were
reported in the country, according to data from the
National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme.
● WHO pegged death alone at nearly 17,000 in 2017, India has one of the worst country-malaria-burden in the world.
● Questions are repeatedly asked about the veracity of the Indian data, with some reports suggesting India may be recording just 8% of the actual number of malaria cases. Between 60% and 80% of patients in the urban areas are treated by private doctors or health establishments, most of whom do not notify cases.
● Six states — Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and Mizoram along with the tribal areas of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh,
account for 90% of India’s malaria burden.
● Over 435,000 malaria related deaths occurred in 2017 in world, and young children were at risk.
● Between 2000 and 2015, cases reduced by 41 per cent globally and there was a 62 per cent reduction in deaths.
● India contributed about 4 % of all malaria cases in 2017 but it managed to reduce the number of cases by 24 % from 2016.
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