Dr Vas Dev
Vas retired as senior scientist from the National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi – an apex organization of the Indian Council of Medical Research. He was the officer-in-charge of the Field Station based in Assam, northeast India beginning 1988 till his superannuation in 2016. His primary research interests included ‘Epidemiology and Control of Malaria’ testing newer interventions that culminated in number of technologies and implementation in the control programme resulting in substantial transmission reduction.
The relentless march of falciparum malaria (the deadly parasite) in India
The very recent decline in malaria cases caused by Plasmodium falciparum in India is good news but disease burden close to half a million is unacceptable and the implementation of a “test, treat and track” initiative is necessary to reach the goal of malaria elimination.
Source: India Today 14 May 2015
Malaria transmission in India
India is co-endemic for Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria and both have biological characteristics that impede malaria elimination efforts. While P. vivax is known for its repeated relapsing fever episodes/extended morbidity, the proportion of malaria cases caused by P. falciparum has risen with each passing year from 29% in 1985 to nearly 65% in 2016.
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