Malaria cases reduced by 69 percent in India, know how this disease was controlled

Malaria cases reduced in India: A relief news has come out regarding the disease malaria. Malaria disease is gradually being controlled in India. In this matter, India has registered a big achievement and has registered a decline of 69 percent. This has been revealed in the data released in the World Malaria Report. According to the report, India has been successful in reducing the cases of malaria and reducing the death rate due to the disease.

Let us tell you that malaria cases in India were 6.4 million in the year 2017, which have come down to 2 million in 2023. Nearly 70 percent decline has been recorded in malaria cases. During this period, deaths due to malaria have also decreased by 69 percent.

Malaria report revealed

This report is released every year regarding malaria. Data from many countries is included in this. The incidence rate of malaria cases in India is much better than other countries. Director of the Global Malaria Program, Dr. Daniel Madandi said that India has done excellent work in reducing the cases of malaria. Apart from India, a huge decline has also been recorded in countries like Rwanda and Liberia.

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How did malaria come under control?

According to Dr. Rajni Kant Srivastava, head of the disease eradication department at the Indian Medical Education Research Valley, ICMR, it has been possible to control this disease in India due to the combination medicine of artemisinin (ACT) and long-acting insecticide (LLIN). The advantage of this treatment is that artemisinin first kills the malaria bacteria by attacking a protein, and the second drug kills the remaining bacteria. With the help of ACT, success is achieved in controlling malaria. With its help, it has also helped in reducing the number of deaths due to this disease.

How does malaria spread?

Malaria is caused by mosquito bites. This infection is spread by female Anopheles. When an infected mosquito bites a person, he gets malaria. Malaria bite causes problems like pain and fever in the body. In some cases it increases to a serious condition. Malaria cases have been increasing continuously in India in the last few years. Now this has been confirmed by the World Malaria Report itself.

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