(UNI) Government is committed to eradicate vector borne diseases like malaria, dengue and chikungunya and has been successful in its efforts as malaria cases fell by 53.36 per cent from 8,05,804 in 2017 to 3,75,845 in 2018 till November.
India is committed to malaria elimination by 2030 in response to the global call by WHO for eliminating malaria by the end of that year, official data showed.
In response to the above, India drafted National Framework for malaria elimination and was launched by HFM in February, 2016 which was followed by drafting of National Strategic Plan (NSP) for malaria elimination (2017-2022). Both the above documents give clear vision as well as time bound strategies for malaria elimination by 2027.
