Kohima, April 25 (MExN): Stating that a new strain of drug-resistant malaria has reportedly reached within 25 km of the Indian border of Myanmar, Commissioner & Secretary, DoH&FW, Y KikhetoSema today stressed on urgency to eliminate the disease as soon as possible from Nagaland. The role of experts and research scientists is crucial for a new medicine to fight against the new malaria, he added during the State-level observance of World Malaria Day, with the theme, "Time to Deliver Zero Malaria: Invest, Innovate, Implement" at Department of Health & Family Welfare Directorate, Kohima on April 25. Sema also pointed out that Nagaland has brought down malaria cases from 8489 cases in 2009 to only 5 in 2022 but call for total elimination by 2030.
