2. Meghalaya is really in trouble: Simple measures can’t help much! 6 May 2008 ... Meningococcal meningitis has become the biggest killer, replacing malaria in Meghalaya this year.
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4. Only Malaria cases can contribute 300 Lives saved cases/ month in Meghalaya... Target Cases for EMS 73 Deaths PF Cases with Complications - 700 Severely ill PF cases - 3500 PF cases - 34930 Malaria positive cases - 37949 Popoualtion Meghalaya (2008) - 23,06,069
5. Can EMS Help...? Tough option (Answer): Of course Meghalaya is in “crisis”. We can help in different ways. We can sit with the State health system and plan to support in Curative & preventive aspects to control the disease as a whole and of course preventing deaths by transporting the Severely ill patients to suitable Centers. It is necessary to understand the strategy of Mass prevention and control of malaria before deciding to move forward...