INDIA

AT RISK POPULATION

1.26 BILLION

ESTIMATED ECONOMIC BURDEN FROM MALARIA

$1.9 BILLION

TARGET ELIMINATION DATE

2030

ACHIEVING A MALARIA-FREE INDIA

Since 2000, India cut malaria cases by more than half and the number of malaria deaths by more than two-thirds. According to the WHO World Malaria Report 2019, as one of only two top 11 highest malaria burden countries to reduce malaria cases between 2017 and 2018, India registered a remarkable 28% decrease in malaria cases and a 41% decrease in malaria-related deaths. This is in addition to a 24% decline in malaria cases between 2016 and 2017.

Ending Malaria remains a top government priority in India. In 2016, India introduced its first National Framework for Malaria Elimination (2016-2030). In 2019, the Government of India increased funding by more than 25% for the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme and increased support as a donor to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

MALARIA NO MORE IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING INDIA’S 2030 MALARIA ELIMINATION GOAL

Led by an experienced Indian team in Delhi and Bhubaneswar, Malaria No More’s work in India began in 2016 after an extensive landscape evaluation to inform how to best tailor the program.In 2018, Malaria No More began implementing its five-year strategy to demonstrate and document innovations impacting the malaria fight, and mobilizing the political will and resources needed to support India’s 2030 malaria-free goal.

A THREE-PART STRATEGY

ODISHA LEADING THE WAY

Odisha State, India’s highest malaria burden state that reduced malaria cases by more than 80% between 2017 and 2018, has emerged as an innovative leader in rapidly saving lives and reducing malaria cases and their toll on rural health systems. Odisha’s progress is serving as a success model for other high malaria burden states and regions to follow.

A FIRST-EVER NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE

Ending malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases in India requires engaging individuals, communities, the private sector and policy makers to take ownership and join the fight. At the invitation of the Government of India, Malaria No More and its media partners, including Times Bridge and Star India, are working at the national level to help India develop the first mosquito-borne disease campaign to tackle malaria, dengue and chikungunya.

NATIONAL ADVOCACY

Supporting India’s goal to be malaria-free by 2030 means ensuring that government and leading private sector partners are placing enough resources behind the best innovative strategies to end malaria.