E-2020

•This is a new strategy used by the new Global Order, which was pioneered by the WHO to eradicate malaria in the span of 15 years by monitoring milestones on their path towards success.

•The countries were chosen based on three criteria: (1) trends in cases (2)incidences of a country (3) informed expert opinion in that industry.

•Together these 21 malaria-exterminating countries are part of an effort to eliminate malaria within ambitious but technically feasible achievable timeframes, known as the E-2020 initiative, supported by the WHO and other partners.

•Malaria is India’s leading death cause and recorded 4 lakh deaths in 2017.

•However, in 2017, India reported success on its cases of malaria with 24 percent decrease in cases from 2016.