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MEDP SUPPORTS THE GOVERNMENT OF MADHYA PRADESH IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Malaria Elimination Demonstration Project (MEDP), Mandla, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

Foundation for Disease Elimination and Control of India (FDEC-India)

PROGRESS REPORT

DECEMBER 2020

1. Background

Malaria Elimination Demonstration Project (MEDP) is a first-of-its-kind public-private-partnership between the Indian

Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Government of Madhya Pradesh (GoMP), and the Foundation for Disease

Elimination and Control of India (FDEC-India, established by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. as a not-for-profit

entity). The goal of MEDP is to demonstrate successful elimination of malaria from 1233 villages of Mandla district

and use the lessons learnt for eliminating malaria from rest of Madhya Pradesh and the country.

Table 1- Regular surveillance and MSAT report of December 2020 with progressive totals from September 2017 to December 2020

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (parent company of FDEC India) pledges to donate INR 25 Crore worth of drugs, sanitizers etc. to

support India's fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

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2

21

2010

3

6 6

4 4 713

9

84 3 1

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2 27

6 26

90 2 0 0

13 6

0 0

0.65

0.48

0.69

0.49

0.21 0.22

0.09 0.080.13

0.23

0.33

0.13 0.06 0.050.04 0.04

0.02 0.00 0.000.01 0.00

0.030.04

0.100.04 0.02

0.070.11

0.01 0.03

0.00

0.04 0.090.08

0.28

0.37

0.060.00

0.11

0.00

0.00

0.10

0.20

0.30

0.40

0.50

0.60

0.70

0.80

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Sep-1

7

Oct

-17

Nov-

17

Dec

-17

Jan-1

8

Feb-

18

Mar

-18

Apr-18

May

-18

Jun-1

8

Jul-1

8

Aug-18

Sep-1

8

Oct

-18

Nov-

18

Dec

-18

Jan-1

9

Feb-

19

Mar

-19

Apr-19

May

-19

Jun-1

9

Jul-1

9

Aug-19

Sep-1

9

Oct

-19

Nov-

19

Dec

-19

Jan-2

0

Feb-

20

Mar

-20

Apr-20

May

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Jul-2

0

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Sep-2

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Trend of indigenous malaria cases in Mandla from Sep 17 to Dec 20 - MEDP

Pf Pv Mix Pos%

PF PV MIX PF PV MIX

1 BICHHIA 320 0 0 0 0.00 55961 103 21 4 0.23

2 BIJADANDI 373 0 0 0 0.00 32747 14 17 2 0.10

3 GHUGHRI 239 0 0 0 0.00 30725 25 21 5 0.17

4 MANDLA 196 0 0 0 0.00 47265 22 13 0 0.07

5 MAWAI 176 0 0 0 0.00 41476 121 37 6 0.40

6 MOHGAON 93 0 0 0 0.00 25879 28 17 3 0.19

7 NAINPUR 152 0 0 0 0.00 38289 47 19 1 0.17

8 NARAYANGANJ 131 0 0 0 0.00 32903 5 12 1 0.05

9 NIWAS 128 0 0 0 0.00 28997 4 31 1 0.12

TOTAL 1808 0 0 0 0.00 334242 369 188 23 0.17

10 MSAT** 0 0 0 0 0.00 60861 56 3 1 0.10

11MSAT - Kanha

National Park0 0 0 0 0.00 460 8 0 0 1.74

GRAND TOTAL 1808 0 0 0 395563 433 191 24

Sl No Block

Dec-20 Progressive (01 Sept 2017 to 31 Dec 2020)

Fever case/ test

popn (MSAT)

No of positive % of cases

Fever case/ test

popn (MSAT)

No of positive % of cases

0 648

**Mass Screening and Treatment (MSAT)

0.00 0.16

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MEDP SUPPORTS THE GOVERNMENT OF MADHYA PRADESH IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2. Malaria Cases

We started the track, test, treat and track (T4) on August 30, 2017. For the ease of standardization of monthly data,

the data shown is from September 1st in Progressive Totals column. Till the end of December 2020, we have tracked

and tested 3,34,242 fever cases and diagnosed 648 Malaria positive cases. This month zero malaria positive cases

were found.

3. Fourth manuscript as part of the thematic series published and one accepted in the Malaria Journal

The fourth manuscript titled “Socio-

economic determinants of malaria in tribal

dominated Mandla district enrolled in

Malaria Elimination Demonstration Project

in Madhya Pradesh” as part of the eleven-

paper thematic series of the Malaria

Elimination Demonstration Project was

published in the Malaria Journal (Figure 1).

The fifth manuscript titled “Significance of

training, monitoring and assessment of

malaria workers in achieving malaria

elimination goal of Malaria Elimination Demonstration Project” has been accepted for publication and is in-press.

Online access link: https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-020-03540-x

4. MEDP featured on the global malaria elimination network of Malaria Elimination Scientific Alliance (MESA)

The MESA alliance is a living database which captures research projects and institutions’ portfolios in malaria

elimination and eradication. It is hosted Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Spain and support fulfilling its mandate

as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria Control, Elimination and Eradication.

The Malaria Elimination Demonstration Project is now featured on the MESA alliance network. The progress and

learnings of MEDP can be accessed on the MESA’s website using this link:

http://www.mesamalaria.org/index.php/mesa-track/malaria-elimination-demonstration-project-medp-india

5. IEC/BCC reorientation training conducted for MEDP field staff

by ICMR-NIRTH Jabalpur.

On December 30, 2020, a virtual reorientation training for Malaria

Field Coordinators on IEC/ BCC strategy adopted in MEDP was

done to discuss the findings of the IEC/BCC assessment study and

to strengthen the capacity of Malaria Field Coordinators of MEDP

Mandla.

The case load in the month of April 18*, includes 6 imported cases from the state

of Telangana

Advent of monsoons. Rise in cases followed by sharp decline in

August.

Figure 1 - Snapshot of the paper published in the Malaria Journal

Figure 2 – Virtual training being conducted by Dr Kalyan B. Saha, Scientist F, ICMR NIRTH Jabalpur