According to the Union Health Ministry, India recorded a nearly 80 per cent decline in malaria cases and deaths between 2015 and 2025, while the number of high-burden districts dropped sharply from 155 to 33.
About Malaria:
It is a life-threatening febrile illness caused by Plasmodium parasites.
Transmission: It is transmitted through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.
It is not contagious, but can be spread through infected blood or contaminated needles.
Risk: Infants, children under 5 years, pregnant women and girls, travellers and people with HIV or AIDS are at higher risk of severe infection.
Treatments include
ACTs (Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies) for P. falciparum.
Chloroquine for P. vivax
Primaquine to prevent relapses in P. vivax and P. ovale infections.
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