India malaria deaths grossly underestimated: Report
At least 205,000 people die from malaria in India each year, 13 times higher than UN estimates
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New data, published in the Lancet medical journal, indicates that 13 times more malaria deaths occur in India than the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) previously suggested..
The authors reveal that 205,000 people die before the age of 70 by malaria in India each year.
Field workers investigated at least 122,000 premature deaths between 2001 and 2003 for the purpose of this study.
However, and despite the glaring evidence, Dr Robert Newman, the director of its global malaria program at WHO said, the report had “implausibly high case incidence rates”, which indicated that the findings of this study cannot be trusted.
“It is vital to evaluate cause of death correctly because different diseases require different strategies for control,” he added contemptuously.
The report also suggests that huge under-reporting of malaria deaths in other countries including Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan may be occurring.
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