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1. VISIT TO NCDC

2. NCDC Overview Origin as Central Malaria Bureau, established at Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh) in 1909 Renamed in 1927 as the Malaria Survey of India. The organization was shifted to Delhi in 1938 and called as the Malaria Institute of India (MII). Government of India decided to reorganize and expand the activities of the institute to cover other communicable diseases. 1963 - MII was renamed as NICD 2009 – renamed as NCDC to include work on prevention and control of NCD and to work on health implications of environmental factors, climate change and occupational exposure.

3. T he Institute is under administrative control of the Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. The Director, an officer of the Public Health sub-cadre of Central Health Service, is the administrative and technical head of the Institute.

4. Divisions and branches The NCDC has its headquarters in Delhi Eight outstation branches located at Alwar (Rajasthan), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Kozhikode-Calicut (Kerala), Coonoor (Tamil Nadu), Jagdalpur ( Chhatisargh ), Patna (Bihar), Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh) and Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh). 14 Technical Centres/Divisions  at the headquarters; Centre of  Epidemiology, Division of Microbiology, Division of Zoonosis, Centre for Medical Entomology & Vector Management (CME&VM), Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), Centre for AIDS & Related Diseases (CARD), Division of Biochemistry & Toxicology, Division of Biotechnology, Division of Parasitic Disease (DPD), Division of Malariology & Coordination (M&C), Centre for Environment & Occupational Health (CE&OH), Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCD), Statistical Monitoring & Evaluation Centre (SM&EC)  and Division of Planning, Budget & Administration (PBA).

5. NCDC has instrumental role in elimination of Small pox Yaws Guinea worm polio

6. Services Investigation of disease outbreak Referral diagnostic services Quality control of biologicals Storage and supply of vaccines Entomological investigations Trained manpower development Training Teaching and research training material Fellowship programmes , etc. Research: applied research and field oriented research, longitudinal surveillance, evaluation

7. National Health Programmes implemented through NCDC National Programme on Climate Change & Human Health (NPCCHH) Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (GWEP) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Containment Yaws Eradication Programme (YEP) National Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Programme National Rabies Control Programme Programe for Prevention and Control of leptospirosis Inter-Sectoral coordination for Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases

8. Antimicrobial Resistance Containment 4 labs - Diarrhoeal labs -ARI lab -Mycology lab -Water testing lab National programme for containment of AMR: 6 strategies creation of awareness and understanding Strengthen knowledge and evidence through surveillance Reduce the incidence of infection Optimise the use of antimicrobial agent Promote investments for AMR activities Strengthening of India’s leadership on AMR

9. IDSP:IHIP Detect (early warning signals) -> Analysis -> Response ( Rapid Response Teams RRT) Realtime or daily surveillance reporting Case based Surveillance of 37 diseases Provides analysed reports on mobile or other electronic devices Outbreak investigation activities can be initiated and monitored electronically All the data is geo coded for geographic references Integrates data from other ongoing other disease surveillance programmes Special surveillance module added eg : COVID 19, INSACOG

10. Surveillance 2 types of surveillance: Event based (Media Scanning and Verification Cell) Manual Artificial Intelligence 2. Indicator based: S form (ANM) P form (Medical officer) L form (Laboratory) MSVC functions as Public Health Emergency operation centre (PHEOC) incase of outbreak.

11. 21 newspapers scanned per day to note health related events

12. Visit to Entomology Museum Total specimen: 1,08,757 -Mosquito: 89,464 -other specimen: 19,293 How to differentiate between aedes, culex and anopheles mosquitos and larvas

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