‘Innovative modes of treatment can help control spread of malaria’ Peshawar April 26, 2021 Rawalpindi : Malaria, one of the six priority communicable diseases of WHO, affects around 300,000 Pakistanis annually, killing about 50,000 of them hence, innovative modes of treatment are required to manage its spread, said Dr. Shumaila Naz Assistant Professor of the Department of Biological Sciences, of National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) here. The world commemorated World Malaria Day on Sunday (April 25) to create awareness and WHO theme this year will be ’Zero Malaria: Draw the Line against Malaria’ which still is a life-threatening disease the world over. With one million estimated cases each year, Pakistan is among seven countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region sharing 98% of the total regional malaria burden.