Eliminating Malaria
The National Framework for Malaria Elimination in India (2016-2030) has been launched. This framework has been developed with a vision to eliminate malaria from the country and contribute to improved health and quality of life. The new framework encourages all Indian States with different levels of malaria transmission to interrupt indigenous transmission of malaria in all States/ UTs by WTO global target. The malaria elimination activities shall be taken up in the country by categorizing the States under 3 categories, based on (Annual Parasite Incidence) API: Category 1 (elimination), Category 2 (pre elimination) and category 3 (intensified malaria control), with focus on area specific activities with stratification from macro to micro level.
The Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) have already been trained and have been provided rapid diagnostic test kits (RDT) for diagnosis of Malaria.
The Health Minister, Shri J P Nadda stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.
