Summary
The number of places with many malaria cases went down from 155 to just 33.
Many districts reported zero new malaria cases, showing the disease is being stopped. ✅
Key Points
4 points1
Malaria cases in India fell by about 80% from 2015 to 2025.
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High‑burden districts dropped from 155 to 33.
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160 districts had no local malaria cases in recent years.
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Health officials are using plans to test, treat, and track the disease.
New Words to Learn
9 wordsindigenous
coming from the local area
burden
a big problem
surveillance
watching and checking closely
epidemiological
about how diseases spread
vector
something like a mosquito that carries disease
inter‑sectoral
working together between different government groups
panchayati raj
local village councils in India
annual blood examination rates
how many blood tests are done each year
elimination
completely getting rid of
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