Under the ‘Malaria Mukt Chhattisgarh Abhiyan’ launched by the State Health Department, 15.70 lakh people have been tested in Surguja and Bastar districts.
The first phase of the programme was launched on December 15 and it concluded on January 20, 2021, covering 29 blocks of Bastar district, a press release said on Thursday.
Health department teams reached 2,309 villages and covered 3,393 houses in Bastar region. In all, 14.27 lakh people were tested for malaria.
The persons who were detected malaria positive were provided medicines. With the addition of Surguja district, 15.70 lakh people have undergone the malaria test.
The second phase of the programme was conducted in June-July.
This has drastically reduced the prevalence of malaria in both regions, the statement said.
The positive detection rate in the first phase was 4.62 percent and it fell to 1.27 percent in the second phase. Now it stands at 1.04 percent.