The State is aiming at the eradication of indigenous malaria and mortality due to malaria in Kerala by 2025.
The State was moving towards this goal by implementing a specific action plan, an official statement issued by Health Minister Veena George on the occasion of World Malaria Day said.
Efforts were on to declare the districts of Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Idukki, Kottayam and Ernakulam malaria-free this year itself, she said.