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. 2020 Jul 29;57(7):613–617. doi: 10.1007/s13312-020-1888-5

Malaria Elimination in India: Bridging the Gap Between Control and Elimination

Shrikant Nema 1, Pawan Ghanghoria 2, Praveen Kumar Bharti 1,✉
PMCID: PMC7387259  PMID: 32727937

Abstract

India observed a significant reduction in malaria cases in the previous year, reaffirming our trust and efficiency of the existing tools to achieve malaria elimination. On 25 April, 2019, countries around the world marked World Malaria Day under the theme “Zero malaria starts with me”. This provides an opportunity to rejoice the success and re-evaluate ongoing challenges in the fight against this preventable and treatable parasitic disease. We highlight the potential gaps in the malaria elimination program, and underscore potential solutions and strategies to implement, improve and intensify the success of the national goal of malaria elimination by 2030.

Keyword: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Vector-borne disease

Contributors: All authors have contributed, drafted and approved the manuscript.

Funding: None

Competing interests: None stated.

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