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World Malaria Day: Fever screening camps organised

Varanasi: The health department organised camps in hotspot areas for fever screening on Friday to mark World Malaria Day. The World Malaria Day is observed every year on April 25 to raise awareness about malaria. This year's theme is 'Malaria ends with us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite.' Chief medical officer Dr Sandeep Chaudhary said that schools provided information to students on malaria prevention , especially during prayer assemblies. "A special communicable disease control and awareness campaign is also being conducted in April. Interdepartmental activities are underway to prevent vector-borne diseases. The breeding sources of mosquitoes are being destroyed in urban and rural areas. Efforts are ongoing to make the country malaria-free by 2030," he said. The CMO said that ASHA workers were asked to visit homes to inspect mosquito-breeding conditions and eliminate sources. The lower the mosquito density, the safer people will be from malaria. Therefore, breeding sources are being destroyed in both urban and rural areas. Anti-larval spraying and fogging are also being conducted. Malaria patients will receive a 14-day treatment upon diagnosis. In this way, Varanasi district is progressing towards malaria eradication. District malaria officer Sharat Chandra Pandey said that a four-level approach is being implemented for malaria eradication in Varanasi. Under the active approach, ASHA workers are conducting door-to-door fever tracking. The passive approach involves fever screening for all patients visiting OPDs. The mass contact approach includes fever tracking in 50 homes around the residence of any positive patient. The fourth is the camp approach, where weekly camps are held in hotspot areas for malaria testing of fever patients. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 2025 Top Trending local enterprise accounting software [Click Here] Esseps Learn More Undo He said 1,16,536 tests were conducted with 69 positive cases in 2022, while in 2023, 1,67,000 tests found 23 malaria patients. In 2024, only 13 malaria patients were found out of 2,29,000 tests. Thus, while surveillance increased, the percentage of malaria infections is decreasing, he said.