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.