125 Years and Still No Relief

It was on the 6th of November in 1880 that Charles Alphonse Laveran discovered the parasite that causes Malaria. After 125 years, it is still one of the world’s most deadly diseases, despite world-wide research to find a cure. To commemorate 125 years since its discovery, an International Conference on Malaria has been organized in New Delhi from November 4th until November 6th, by the Malaria Research Center in collaboration with the National Vector Borne Diseases control program. The Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss will open the conference by addressing the challenges in controlling the disease. While eradication of Malaria still remains a big question, containing it, limiting it, and controlling it will be the focus of this conference. Also the immunity the parasite is developing to drugs, DDT, etc. will also be addressed. Various national programs on Malaria aim at conducting basic, applied, and operational research to reduce the number of deaths due to Malaria to the level that it is no more considered a serious public health problem and eventually eradicate it entirely.

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