
Jul 30, 2026
✦Hindustan Times
Answer to a malaria-free India lies in the Mandla tribes
The Mandla-Malaria Elimination Demonstration Project achieved a 91% reduction in indigenous malaria cases between 2017 and 2021. This partnership between the ICMR, Madhya Pradesh government, and Sun Pharma showed that malaria elimination is possible. Dr Altaf Lal said, "he treats it as a for-profit project," focusing on preventing every death.