MALARIA

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Context

• Malaria is all set to become a notifiable disease across India, with Bihar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Meghalaya too in the process of putting this vector-borne disease in the category.

Malaria  

• Malaria is a potentially life-threatening disease caused by parasites (Plasmodium Vivax, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Malariae and Plasmodium Ovale).
• It is transmitted through the bite of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.
• Currently, Malaria is a notifiable disease in 33 States and Union Territories in India.
• India was the only high-burden, high-impact country in the South- East Asia region to report a decline in malaria cases in 2020 as compared to 2019.
• But India witnessed an 1% decline in malaria cases and 83.36% decline in deaths during 2015-2022.

READ ABOUT MALARIA: https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/malaria-42

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/malaria-will-soon-be-a-notifiable-disease-across-india/article66774157.ece