The recent decline of malarial cases in Odisha has shown the way to bring down the incidence of new cases. In this context, discuss the strategy to combat malarial diseases in India. (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
The World Malaria Report 2018 of the World Health Organisation notes that India’s record offers great promise to cut the number of new malaria cases and deaths globally by at least 40% by 2020.
The WHO report highlights a sharp drop in the number of cases in the State of Odisha, malaria cases have been coming down steadily since 2003, attributed to greater political and administrative commitment.
Strategy to combat malaria cases in India
· Eliminating malaria requires an integrated approach, and this should involve states like West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, which have a higher burden of the disease.
· Recruiting specialized accredited social health workers and large-scale distribution of insecticide-treated bednets, Washing hands, clean hygiene helps in eliminating malaria.
· Public health education as a tool and reaching out to remote populations. Puppetry can be used to spread awareness about malaria disease.
· One issue that requires monitoring in India is resistance to combination therapy using artemisinin, this causes a higher number of deaths. So there needs to be changed in treatment protocol in states based on disease diagnosis.
· Behavior Change Communication (BCC) and Community Mobilization across the states.
· Integrated Vector Management, Case-based surveillance and rapid response.
· Effective implementation of The National Framework for Malaria Elimination (NFME) 2016-30.
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