Malaria

Malaria is a potentially life threatening disease, which is transmitted by the infectious bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. In India, malaria has been a major public health problem since ages.

The government launched the National Malaria Eradication Program (NMEP) in 1958. Under this program, the government makes extensive use of local bodies for fuller implementation. Realizing the difficulties in eradicating malaria, the NMEP has been renamed as National Anti-Malaria Programme (External website that opens in a new window). Malaria is also covered under the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (External website that opens in a new window).

Under the programme, the main aim is the reduction of the disease to a tolerable level in which human population can be protected from malaria transmission with the available means. The government has also set up Drug Distribution Centres and Fever Treatment Depots in rural areas for providing easy access to anti-malaria drugs to the community.

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• Prevention of Malaria
• Health care facilities available in India
• Medical Insurance
• Alternative Medicine

Source: National Portal Content Management Team, Reviewed on:28-04-2010