Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and its subsidiaries or associate companies (Sun Pharma) along with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India, Government of Madhya Pradesh, have announced India’s first public-private-partnership agreement for Malaria Free India and other innovation in preventive health.

Under the aegis of this unique public-private-partnership, ICMR, MOHFW, Government of India, Government of Madhya Pradesh and Sun Pharma will establish a malaria elimination demonstration project titled Malaria Free India, to support the national framework for elimination of malaria in India.

The demonstration project will be launched in one of the most malaria endemic districts of Madhya Pradesh and implemented in a phased manner, beginning with Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh. The public-private-partnership stakeholders will execute the malaria elimination programme over a span of 3 to 5 years covering over 1,200 villages in Mandla district.