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Rs 380-crore plan for National Centre for Disease Control
New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) Indian Government has formulated
a Rs 382.41-crore plan to transform the National Centre for
Disease Control into an apex institute which will be better
prepared for control of various communicable diseases as also
to deal with the threat of bio-terrorism.
A cabinet note to this effect has already been
prepared for inter-ministerial and PMO consultation, official
sources said.
Formerly known as the National Institute of
Communicable Diseases (NICD), the NCDC was upgraded in July
last year on the lines of the CDC, Atlanta.
The institute was first established in 1909 as the
Central Bureau of Malaria at Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh and
subsequently renamed as the Malaria Survey of India in 1927.
It was shifted to Delhi in 1938 and renamed as NICD in 1963.
It is a centre of excellence for building up capacity
for surveillance of outbreak prone communicable diseases and
provides technical expertise in the field of disease
prevention and control.
The institute has not undergone any upgradation for
decades and as such sometimes falls short of fulfilling its
growing mandate to address the emerging and re-emerging
diseases.
An upgraded institute will be in a better position to
provide leadership in the field of public health, strengthen
the capabilities of states and Union Territories in disease
outbreak investigation and response, the sources said.
Furthermore, the institute will be better prepared
against probable threat of bio-terrorism and would be in
better position to respond to public health emergencies of
international concern.
The concept plan has been developed in consultation
with ICMR, CDC Atlanta, WHO and World Bank. An independent
appraisal has also been carried out by IIT, Delhi.
The transformation will see civil works for the
creation of new infrastructure in terms of wet and dry labs,
bio-safety level-II and BSL-III labs.
Besides this, an administrative block, auditorium,
library, hostel and residential facilities while retaining the
heritage character of the existing structure would also be
added. PTI
a Rs 382.41-crore plan to transform the National Centre for
Disease Control into an apex institute which will be better
prepared for control of various communicable diseases as also
to deal with the threat of bio-terrorism.
A cabinet note to this effect has already been
prepared for inter-ministerial and PMO consultation, official
sources said.
Formerly known as the National Institute of
Communicable Diseases (NICD), the NCDC was upgraded in July
last year on the lines of the CDC, Atlanta.
The institute was first established in 1909 as the
Central Bureau of Malaria at Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh and
subsequently renamed as the Malaria Survey of India in 1927.
It was shifted to Delhi in 1938 and renamed as NICD in 1963.
It is a centre of excellence for building up capacity
for surveillance of outbreak prone communicable diseases and
provides technical expertise in the field of disease
prevention and control.
The institute has not undergone any upgradation for
decades and as such sometimes falls short of fulfilling its
growing mandate to address the emerging and re-emerging
diseases.
An upgraded institute will be in a better position to
provide leadership in the field of public health, strengthen
the capabilities of states and Union Territories in disease
outbreak investigation and response, the sources said.
Furthermore, the institute will be better prepared
against probable threat of bio-terrorism and would be in
better position to respond to public health emergencies of
international concern.
The concept plan has been developed in consultation
with ICMR, CDC Atlanta, WHO and World Bank. An independent
appraisal has also been carried out by IIT, Delhi.
The transformation will see civil works for the
creation of new infrastructure in terms of wet and dry labs,
bio-safety level-II and BSL-III labs.
Besides this, an administrative block, auditorium,
library, hostel and residential facilities while retaining the
heritage character of the existing structure would also be
added. PTI
