write a report on the increasing cases of malaria due to poor sanitation habits in the city.
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KOLHAPUR: The focus on tackling vector-borne diseases this World Health Day is apt for the district that has reported a continuous rise in such ailments over the last few years. There has been a three-fold rise in the number of dengue cases in the last two years.
Last year, 232 persons were infected as against 68 in 2012. Altogether 113 cases of dengue were reported in 2010. The district health department organized a campaign in 2011, which helped to reduce the number to 12. In 2013, six persons died due to dengue and seven in the preceding year.
More than 415 people were infected by dengue in the last four years, whereas the number of patients infected with chikungunya and malaria during the same period stood at 108 and 547, respectively.
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