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has been in the fight against district, became a part of this
malaria. Malaria has been a big campaign. In the tea gardens of
challenge confronting humanity Jorhat in Assam, malaria used to
for four thousand years. Even be a major cause of concern for
at the time of Independence, it people until four years ago.
was one of our biggest health But when the tea garden
challenges. Malaria ranks third dwellers united to eradicate it,
among all infectious diseases they started getting success to
that kill children between one a great extent. In this effort, they
month and five years of age. have made full use of technology
Today, I can say with satisfaction as well as social media. Similarly,
that the countrymen have Kurukshetra district of Haryana
collectively, strongly fought has presented a very good
this challenge. The report of model for controlling malaria.
the World Health Organisation Here, public participation for
-(WHO) mentions - “In India, monitoring Malaria has been
there has been an 80 percent quite successful. Through street
reduction in the number of plays and radio, emphasis was
malaria cases and deaths due laid on messages which helped
to it between 2015 and 2023.“ a lot in reducing the breeding
This is no mean achievement. of mosquitoes. It is only through
The most heartening thing is such efforts across the country
that this success has been that we have been able to take
achieved through everyone’s the war against malaria forward
participation. Everyone from more rapidly.
every corner of India, from every Friends, another example of

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