{"id":16048,"date":"2025-04-27T08:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T08:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16048"},"modified":"2025-04-27T08:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T08:37:08","slug":"the-bite-of-malaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/the-bite-of-malaria\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bite of Malaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>World Malaria Day (April 25):<\/strong> Observed annually, promoting global action against malaria. The 2025 theme is &#8220;Malaria Ends With Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite,&#8221; emphasizing innovation, collaboration, and sustained commitment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>India&#8217;s Progress:<\/strong> Achieved an 80.5% decline in malaria cases between 2015-2023 and a 78.38% reduction in deaths over the same period, exiting WHO\u2019s High Burden to High Impact (HBHI) group in 2024.<\/li>\n<li><strong>India&#8217;s Targets:<\/strong> Aims for zero indigenous malaria cases by 2027 and full elimination by 2030.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Strategies:<\/strong> &#8220;Test, Treat, Track&#8221; approach, intensified malaria elimination projects (IMEP), and vector control measures (mosquito nets, repellents). National Framework for Malaria Elimination (2016\u20132030) and National Strategic Plan (2023\u20132027) guide efforts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Malaria Basics:<\/strong> Caused by Plasmodium parasites transmitted via Anopheles mosquitoes. Symptoms include fever, chills, and headache, appearing 10-15 days post-infection. Early diagnosis and treatment (ACTs, chloroquine) are critical.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global Context:<\/strong> Malaria remains a significant global health issue, with an estimated 597,000 deaths in 2023.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elimination Focus:<\/strong> Intensified Malaria Elimination Project-3 (IMEP-3) targets 159 high-burden districts. Community participation and inter-sectoral collaboration are emphasized.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevention:<\/strong> Preventing malaria can be achieved by avoiding mosquito bites and, in some cases, by taking preventive medicines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Malaria Day (April 25): Observed annually, promoting global action against malaria. The 2025 theme is &#8220;Malaria Ends With Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite,&#8221; emphasizing innovation, collaboration, and sustained commitment. 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