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Hype, hope and myths of malaria control: Are the mortality estimates correct [1]

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In the 1930s, Brigadier Sinton, a highly decorated doctor of the British Indian Army, and a pioneer in the field of malaria control in India, said 'the very problem of survival in India seems to be that of malaria'. Almost 8 decades later, we seem to be no better! At the time of India's independence, malaria was responsible for an estimated 75 million cases and 0.8 million deaths annually.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
Sunil Agarwal [2], Rina Tilak [3], Rajvir Bhalwar [4]
National Medical Journal of India [5]
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Malaria [6], Vector Borne Diseases [7], Vector Control [8], India [9], Tropical Diseases [10], Health Care [11], Health [12]
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