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The Global Disease Detection (GDD) India Centre aims to strengthen India's capacity in detecting, monitoring, and responding to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Through laboratory strengthening, surveillance and outbreak response, and EIS-like training, the centre focuses on addressing public health threats and strengthening health systems.
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Global Disease Detection India Centre National Centre for Disease Control (Directorate General of Health Services)
Outline • Burden of emerging and reemerging infections • Revised IHR (2005) • GDD Programme • Convergence between GDD and IHR • Objectives of GDD- India Centre
Emerging and Re-emerging infectious diseases • 1970s: 6 infections emerged • 1980s: 9 infections emerged • 1990s: 13 infections emerged • 2000s: 5 infections emerged • 70% of newly recognized (emerging) pathogens are Zoonoses, 23% of these being Vector Borne.
Major Factors in Emergence • Human demographics • International travel and commerce • Technology and industry • Microbial adaptation and change • Human encroachment into wilderness areas • Agriculture and land use • Global climate changes • Breakdown of public health infrastructure
Revised International Health Regulations (2005) • Need for enhanced national, regional and global public health security. • Revised IHR aims to effectively monitor, report, and respond to any disease threat with the potential to harm the public’s health.
Global Responses to Disease Threats • International Health Regulations (2005) • New framework for response to public health emergencies of international New framework for response to public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC)concern • New expectations from all WHO member states • New requirements for those with capacity to help those without (Article 44)
Global Disease Detection Program (GDD) • Program for developing and strengthening global capacity to rapidly detect, accurately identify, and promptly contain emerging infectious disease and bioterrorist threats that occur internationally. • GDD is committed to help develop essential detection and control capacities.
Program strategy • Surveillance • Outbreak response • Training/building local and regional capacity • Applied research
GDD – India Centre • 7th regional GDD centre worldwide. • Mission Address communicable diseases of public health importance including emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.
Program strategy • Laboratory strengthening • Surveillance and Outbreak response • Training/building local and regional capacity
Global Disease Detection India Centre PriorityLaboratory Strengthening • Laboratory strengthening for capacity building for detection and monitoring of emerging infectious disease towards developing a public health laboratory system • Capacity building and support focus of GDD are • Acute Encephalitis Syndrome; • Influenza • Food borne diseases • Other newly emerging diseases in the country • The Laboratory Strengthening and Outbreak Detection and Response collaboration
Global Disease Detection PrioritySurveillance and Outbreak Response • Surveillance : Supporting Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) • Helping meet IHR compliance through rapid response to Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) • Integration of surveillance and epidemiology; Laboratory confirmation; Deployment and logistics training
Global Disease Detection India Centre PriorityEIS like training • An Epidemic Intelligence Service like programme for training Epidemiologists in India • Response to need for strengthening health systems to face the challenge of emerging, re emerging infections, non communicable diseases • Residency program analogous to postgraduate medical education • For Public Health Officers of Central/ State Govt. and National Health Programme nominees
Objectives of EIS like training in India • To create highly competent field epidemiologists within the public health sector. • To produce a critical mass of graduates that meet national needs for public health officers. • Strengthen public health system through rapid outbreak response throughout the country. • To facilitate a more integrated approach to public health practice through integration of field and laboratory component
Eligibility Criterion • MBBS degree; with • MD degree in Public Health; or • MD degree (Clinical or Para-Clinical) with 2 years experience (Public Health); and • Presently working in the Central/ State Govt/ PSUs like ESI, railways, etc/ State/Municipal Corporations/Local Bodies/etc.
Eligibility Criterion • If there are not enough candidates satisfying 1. 2. 3. above, the following will also considered: • MBBS degree with Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical and Para-clinical field and 3 years of public health experience from any recognized institution; or • MBBS degree from any recognized institution with five years’ minimum work experience in the area of Public Health; and • Presently working in the Central/ State Govt/ PSUs like ESI, railways, etc/ State/Municipal Corporations/Local Bodies/etc.