Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), along with several national and international organizations, will launch Malaria Elimination Research Alliance India (MERA INDIA). The aim of this programme is to eliminate malaria from India by 2030. India already has the National Malaria Eradication Programme (NEDP). MERA India alliance will find out what the various gaps in the programme; identify various needs of the programme and make much focused research projects.
This programme will find better drugs and diagnostics for the elimination of Malaria. ICMR officials stated that as a part of this programme, “ we identified two places, Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh where malaria is highly endemic and Punjab where malaria is less endemic. We are researching on how malaria can be controlled in highly endemic areas and can be eliminated in less endemic areas ”. The successful strategies used in…
