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India has the highest malaria burden in the Asia Pacific region, with more than one billion people at risk of infection. To mark progress towards a malaria-free goal, UCSF Global Health Group is convening more than 70 global malaria experts in Chennai.
The Malaria Elimination Group, an independent international advisory group convened by the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), is meeting this week in Chennai, India, to discuss strategies to shrink the global malaria map and take stock of India?s efforts to eliminate the disease.
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Some states and union territories (UTs) are clearly on the path to elimination, but others are not. Fifteen low- and eleven moderate-burden states/UTs are targeting elimination by 2022. Success in these states can be attributed to concerted commitment and dedicated resources, particularly for surveillance.
?We have been successful in reducing the incidence of malaria through the implementation of both national and state interventions,? said A.C. Dhariwal, MD, MSc, who directs the NVBDCP. ?We believe the National Framework for Malaria Elimination (NFME) launched by Shri J. P. Nadda earlier this year will serve as a roadmap for advocating and planning malaria elimination in the country.?
India?s goal aligns with the WHO targets for elimination and the 2014 East Asia Summit pledge made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 17 other leaders to achieve a malaria-free Asia Pacific by 2030.
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