High in the misty hills of cloud-kissed Meghalaya, where communities thrive in close-knit villages, a quiet revolution is reshaping public health. Scientists have uncovered a remarkable truth: social networks—more than individual efforts or traditional health campaigns—are the driving force behind combating malaria, a disease that has long cast its shadow over the region.
A bold plan of the government to eradicate the deadly disease of Malaria from across the country by the year 2030 is also covering the Garo Hills region, where the disease once took scores of lives, with the distribution of the highly efficient and insecticide treated bednets- also known as Long Lasting Insecticidal Mosquito Nets or LLINs.
Doctors suspect the number of infections, and even possible deaths, may be higher in the Nangalbibra zone but detection is difficult because of the migrant population.
The authorities in Tripura have sent emergency medical teams to the affected areas after 4,361 people of contracted Malaria disease mostly in interior tribal hamlet.
