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Malaria Elimination in Tamil Nadu
January 16 , 2026
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- Tamil Nadu is close to eliminating malaria, with 33 out of 38 districts reporting zero indigenous cases in the past three years.
- Chennai, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Chengalpattu, and Salem are the five districts still reporting cases, accounting for 37%-45% of the State’s malaria cases.
- Malaria cases in Tamil Nadu have declined from 5,587 in 2015 to 321 in 2025. Cases in Chennai have reduced from 173 in 2023 to 121 in 2025.
- The Most reported cases in recent years have been imported rather than locally transmitted: 330 of 384 in 2023, 208 of 347 in 2024, and 203 of 321 in 2025.
- The Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine conducts surveillance through blood smear testing, monitoring fever cases at Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Government Hospitals (GHs), and tracking migrant labourers.
- Annual Parasite Incidence has fallen below 1%, and there have been no malaria outbreaks in the past three years.
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