Andhra Pradesh has bagged the best performer award and recognition for best practices in malaria elimination from the Central government.
According to a release, the award will be presented to the State government at the World Malaria Day programme to be conducted in New Delhi on Monday.
The State Health department's efforts to bring down the number of malaria cases from 6,040 in 2018 to 1,139 in 2021 have been recognised by the Centre.