CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The DAMaN intervention project is the first-of-its kind in the country targeting malaria elimination in hard-to-reach “pockets” of high malaria-burden district of the state by Government of Odisha.

Detailed explanation-2: -DAMaN, the acronym for Durgama Anchalare Maleria Nirakarana or malaria eradication in remote areas ) had been launched in 2016 by the state government under the direction of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik targeting 8000 villages in eight districts prone to the mosquito-borne disease.

Detailed explanation-3: -The effectiveness of malaria camps as part of the Durgama Anchalare Malaria Nirakaran (DAMaN) program in Odisha, India: study protocol for a cluster-assigned quasi-experimental study.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1955, a first Global Malaria Eradication Programme (GMEP) was launched. This commitment to eradication was reaffirmed in a World Health Assembly resolution of 1969, and later reinforced in 2015 through the Assembly’s endorsement of the Global technical strategy for malaria 2016-2030 (GTS).

Detailed explanation-5: -In India, no state so far has been able to completely eliminate Malaria. In 2019, India accounted for 88 per cent of malaria cases and 86 percent of deaths due to malaria in the WHO South-East Asia region. It is also the only country outside Africa which is among the 11 ‘high burden to high impact’ countries.