Accelerated Efforts to Eliminate Malaria

The National Framework for Malaria Elimination by 2030 has been launched in February 2016 and the same is expected to include in broader health policies by the States/UTs by end of 2016. By the end of 2017, all States are expected to bring down annual parasite incidence to less than 1 per thousand population and by the end of 2020, 15 States/Union Territories under category 1 are expected to interrupt transmission of malaria and achieve zero indigenous cases and death due to malaria.

Three states namely Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra are envisaged to achieve Malaria Elimination before the set time line.

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