{"id":77036,"date":"2019-06-27T13:12:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T13:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=77036"},"modified":"2019-06-27T13:12:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T13:12:43","slug":"five-countries-had-zero-malaria-cases-in-2018-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/five-countries-had-zero-malaria-cases-in-2018-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Five countries had zero malaria cases in 2018: WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<strong>Question: Which country from Asia has been zero malaria cases in 2018?<\/strong>\n<br>(a)\tChina\n<br>(b)\tIndia\n<br>(c)\tPakistan\n<br>(d)\tAfghanistan\n<strong><br>Answer: (a)\n<br>Related facts:<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul><li>According to WHO Four countries from Asia <strong>\u2014&nbsp;China, Iran, Malaysia and Timor-Leste \u2014 and one from&nbsp;Central America \u2014 El Salvador<\/strong> \u2014&nbsp;reported&nbsp;no indigenous cases of malaria in 2018.<\/li><li>China and El Salvador reported zero cases for the second consecutive year; Iran, Malaysia and Timor-Leste had zero cases of malaria for the first time in 2018, showed the&nbsp;E-2020 initiative: 2019 progress report.<\/li><li>The countries were part of the global health body&#8217;s&nbsp;E-2020 initiative, launched in 2016, working in 21 countries, spanning five regions, to scale up efforts to achieve malaria elimination by 2020.<\/li>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<li>From&nbsp;5,194 malaria cases in 2010, to 85 cases in 2017, Malaysia&nbsp;reported zero cases in 2018. <\/li><li>According to the report prompt diagnosis, treatment and surveillance in remote, hard-to-reach regions helped the country achieve the target,&nbsp;two years ahead of the&nbsp;2020 deadline.<\/li><li>In 2018, Iran reported zero indigenous malaria cases as compared to more than 1,800 in 2010.<\/li><li>Timor-Leste, that came into existence in 2000, remarkably lowered the disease rate \u2014 from a high of 223,002 cases in 2006, to 95 cases in 2016, to zero cases in 2018.<\/li><li>India (4 per cent) was among the five countries, the others being \u2014 Nigeria (25 per cent), Democratic Republic of the Congo (11 per cent), Mozambique (5 per cent), and Uganda (4 per cent) \u2014 that accounted for nearly 50 per cent of all malaria cases worldwide.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/health\/five-countries-had-zero-malaria-cases-in-2018-who-65200\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/health\/five-countries-had-zero-malaria-cases-in-2018-who-65200<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Which country from Asia has been zero malaria cases in 2018? (a) China (b) India (c) Pakistan (d) Afghanistan Answer: (a) Related facts: According to WHO Four countries from Asia \u2014&nbsp;China, Iran, Malaysia and Timor-Leste \u2014 and one from&nbsp;Central America \u2014 El Salvador \u2014&nbsp;reported&nbsp;no indigenous cases of malaria in 2018. 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