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14 million more malaria cases in 2020 worldwide; India sustained reduction in disease burden: WHO - Devdiscourse

14 million more malaria cases in 2020 worldwide; India sustained reduction in disease burden: WHO - Devdiscourse

14 million more malaria cases in 2020 worldwide; India sustained reduction in disease burden: WHO - Devdiscourse
Dec 08, 2021 42 secs

Around 14 million more cases of malaria and 69,000 more deaths due to it were reported worldwide in 2020 than in 2019 and India was the only high-burden country to have sustained a reduction in the disease burden, according to a WHO report.

India was the only high-burden country to record progress by sustaining a reduction in malaria burden between 2019 and 2020.

Alongside plateauing investments, a sharp drop in malaria testing and gaps in mosquito-control measures contributed to the thwarted progress in the high-burden countries, the World Malaria Report 2021 stated.

Ravaged by the pandemic, India only managed to fulfil 50 per cent of its planned distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets and had also recorded a reduction in other measures like the indoor residual spraying during 2020, the report stated.

''India, a trendsetter in the world's progress against malaria in recent years sustained the reduction of malaria cases.

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