Malaria prevalence highest in Mizoram: Officials
Aizawl: Mizoram continues to have the highest prevalence of malaria in the entire country as per the
annual parasite incidence
(API) figures, officials of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) under the National Health Mission (NHM) said on Friday.
The officials revealed the situation of malaria in the state on World Malaria Day, saying the number of malarial cases detected per 1,000 samples tested in the state is highest among other states in the country. The theme of this year's World Malaria Day is 'Malaria Ends with Us: Reinvest, Re-imagine, Re-ignite'.
Emphasising the need for eradication of malaria, the officials said source reduction drive (SRD) should be given utmost importance in the villages to declare their respective villages as malaria free.
State health minister Lalrinpuii said out of 18,005 malaria cases detected, 13 people died during 2023, and 7 died out of 16,899 malaria cases last year. There has been no report of malarial death during this year even as 866 malaria cases have been discovered since Jan till March, Lalrinpuii said.
"Since Mizoram continues to have the highest malaria prevalence in the country, efforts must be made during the remaining 2 years as the central govt has set the deadline for total eradication of malaria by the year 2027," she said.
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