Looking Back at our Creation Story Lessons Learnt Dr Sujeet K Singh Director NCDC Directorate General of Health Services Ministry of Health amp Family Welfare Government of India Background ID: 1045147
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1. National Centre for Disease Control- Looking Back at our Creation Story: Lessons LearntDr Sujeet K SinghDirector, NCDCDirectorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Government of India
2. BackgroundPopulation of India more than 1 BillionHuge unmet public health needsNew infectious diseasesBurden of non- communicable diseasesDiseases related to climate change, urbanizationNational Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) provides technical leadership to advance policy change to maximize health
3. Evolution of NCDCOriginated as Central Malaria Bureau, 1909 National Institute of Communicable Diseases 1963Expanded mandate, multidisciplinary team, NCDC, 2009Nodal agency for Epidemiology training, IHR, Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP), STH, AMR, Viral Hepatitis, Rabies Control, NCDs and Environment Health Under oversight of Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW)Director serves as administrative and technical head
4. Public Health ImpactEradication of Communicable Diseases Use epidemiology tools to provide strategic inputs for programme implementation Country-wide surveillance and surveys Diseases eradicatedSmallpoxGuineawormYawsPolio
5. Public Health ImpactRespond to Health Challenges – recent exampleNipah outbreak May 2018: NCDC established facility based surveillance, contact tracing, epi investigationOutbreak contained in fortnight, n=19, CFR= 89.5%
6. Data – The New Age Gold
7. NCDC – Nodal Agency Integrated Disease Surveillance ProgrammeOrigin 2004Decentralized surveillance system for epidemic prone diseasesReaches to more than 600 districts and belowMix of paper and electronic reportingMore than 20 diseases/ syndromes under surveillance
8. Integrated Health Information PortalNCDC spearheading creation of interoperable health records which can be made available and accessible throughout the country
9. Public Health Workforce India Epidemic Intelligence ServiceFlagship Field Epidemiology Training in collaboration with CDC AtlantaEpidemiology skill buildingConsequential epidemiology6 cohorts trainedAverage class size 15Trained officers serve in State health departmentsNo. of investigations1 to 2Yellow3 to 4Orange5 to 6Green7 to 8Blue9 to 10Brown
10. “A robust public health system is the… best investment for a Nation”JP NaddaMinister of Health and Family Welfare Govt. of India
11. NCDC Upgradation30 branches in state headquartersCutting edge lab facilities including BSL 3/4 labsNew centres at NCDCClimate change and HealthNon Communicable Diseases
12. International CooperationNCDC IHR focalGDD CentreWHO Collaboration CentreRabiesEpidemiology and TrainingPolio
13. Lessons Learnt- NCDCNational Health System strengthening requires investment in Public Health Institutions Multidisciplinary workforceStrong surveillance systemMandate should evolve with changing epidemiology of diseaseInternational cooperation
14. Thanks