New Delhi, April 25
The government is continuously working towards achieving the goal of 'Malaria Free India', said Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Singh Patel on World Malaria Day on Friday.
World Malaria Day is observed every year on April 25 to raise awareness against the disease. This year's theme “Malaria ends with us: Reinvest, reimagine, reignite” aims to re-energise efforts at all levels, from global policy to community action, to accelerate progress toward malaria elimination.
“On the occasion of World Malaria Day, it is the responsibility of all of us to spread awareness about a deadly disease like malaria and make collective efforts to eradicate it,” Patel shared in a post on social media platform X.
“The Government of India is continuously working towards the goal of 'Malaria Free India'. Let us all together make this campaign a success,” she added.
Malaria is a life-threatening disease spread to humans by female Anopheles mosquitoes. It is preventable and curable.
India aims to eliminate malaria by 2030. The government is committed to achieving zero indigenous cases by 2027.
The latest World Malaria Report 2024, released by the World Health Organization (WHO) in December last year, showed that India achieved major progress in malaria elimination, with a 69 per cent drop in cases and a 68 per cent reduction in deaths between 2017 and 2023.