Malaria-related deaths decrease in Mizoram

Incidence of malaria and malaria-related deaths have gone down drastically during the past seven years in Mizoram with the death of 121 people in 2006 coming down to 20 last year suffering from the disease, state health department sources said today.
In a quarterly review meeting of malaria incidences held here, the officials said efforts were on to ensure 80 per cent of the population use medicated mosquito nets by 2017.
The officials also said the present coverage of DDT spray at 59 per cent would also be raised to 85 per cent by 2017 and reduction of malaria-related deaths per annum below 16.