Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
119 people died due to malaria in Mizoram in 2009
STAFF WRITER 13:26 HRS IST
Aizawl, Feb 2 (PTI) Some 119 people including 40 women died of malaria in Mizoram during 2009, state health department said here today.
In 2008, 91 people had died of malaria in Mizoram, officials said.
They said 1,71,793 people had their blood samples tested during last year out of which 9,399 were found to be positive.
Doctors attributed high malaria deaths to delayed treatment saying that when malaria patients went to doctors for treatment, it was usually too late.
The state received Rs 210.68 lakh and Rs 282.35 lakh in 2007-908 and 2008-09 from the Centre for malaria control under the National Vector Borne Disease Control programme.
http://ptinews.com/news/496124_119-people-died-due-to-malaria-in-Mizoram-in-2009
STAFF WRITER 13:26 HRS IST
Aizawl, Feb 2 (PTI) Some 119 people including 40 women died of malaria in Mizoram during 2009, state health department said here today.
In 2008, 91 people had died of malaria in Mizoram, officials said.
They said 1,71,793 people had their blood samples tested during last year out of which 9,399 were found to be positive.
Doctors attributed high malaria deaths to delayed treatment saying that when malaria patients went to doctors for treatment, it was usually too late.
The state received Rs 210.68 lakh and Rs 282.35 lakh in 2007-908 and 2008-09 from the Centre for malaria control under the National Vector Borne Disease Control programme.
http://ptinews.com/news/496124_119-people-died-due-to-malaria-in-Mizoram-in-2009