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India
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China
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Detailed explanation-1: -India made impressive gains in the global fight against malaria, recording the largest reduction in cases in South-East Asia from 20 million in 2000 to about 5.6 million last year, according to the World Health Organisation.
Detailed explanation-2: -India was the only high-burden country to record progress by sustaining a reduction in malaria burden between 2019 and 2020.
Detailed explanation-3: -About 2 million confirmed malaria cases and 1, 000 deaths are reported annually, although 15 million cases and 20, 000 deaths are estimated by WHO South East Asia Regional Office. India contributes 77% of the total malaria in Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-4: -Disease burden According to the latest World malaria report, there were 247 million cases of malaria in 2021 compared to 245 million cases in 2020. The estimated number of malaria deaths stood at 619 000 in 2021 compared to 625 000 in 2020.