| Malaria is a
potentially life threatening disease, which is transmitted by the
infectious bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. In
India
,
malaria has been a major public health problem since ages.
The government
launched the National Malaria Eradication Program (NMEP) in
1958. Under this program, the government makes extensive use of local
bodies for fuller implementation. Realizing the difficulties in eradicating
malaria, the NMEP has been renamed as National Anti-Malaria Programme. Malaria is
also covered under the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme.
Under the programme,
the main aim is the reduction of the disease to a tolerable level in which
human population can be protected from malaria transmission with the
available means. The government has also set up Drug Distribution Centres
and Fever Treatment Depots in rural areas for providing easy access to
anti-malaria drugs to the community.
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