Malaria screening camps in Tripura remote areas

Deaths, especially of children, reported from two districts in recent weeks.

The Health Department and the National Health Mission (NHM) have started setting up camps in the remote areas in Tripura to detect malaria. The authorities have swung into action after some deaths, especially of children, reported from Khowai and Dhalai districts in recent weeks. A large part of the interior tribal population has inadequate access to health care. Thus malaria mainly impacts them during the dry spell though the number of fatalities has come down over the past few years. An official said on Monday the camps are being set up where the disease poses a threat.