Five districts in the state are set to secure malaria elimination certification from the World Health Organization (WHO). Ernakulam, Idukki, Alappuzha, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta are the five districts which are set to achieve the target. As part of this, the state health department has started training health workers in documentation of cases reported earlier in these districts.
According to health officials, the five districts have reported no malaria cases in the past three years.
These districts, except Idukki, have reported no indigenous malaria cases since 2008. Idukki reported the last malaria case in 2016. Rest of the districts, except Thiruvananthapuram, continue to report indigenous cases till recently.