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Migratory labourers and malaria in Western Uttar Pradesh, India
Abhay Kumar Sharma
Year : 2017 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 320-324
Received on: 10/08/2017
Revised on: 11/30/2017
Accepted on: 12/01/2017
Published on: 12/04/2017
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Abhay Kumar Sharma( 2017).
Migratory labourers and malaria in Western Uttar Pradesh, India
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 2( 6), 320-324.
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Abstract
Malaria has become a global problem. It is endemic in 107 countries and is responsible for over 300 to 500 million clinical cases and more than a million deaths each year. Over 3.2 billion people live under the threat of malaria. The relationships between human population movement and health are well established facts at global level. In case of malaria role of migratory labour was studied in the Western Uttar Pradesh. Attempt was made to assess malaria related knowledge, habit and practice of migratory labour working in agriculture and road construction.
Keywords
Migratory labourers, Malaria, Western Uttar Pradesh, India.