CD Alert

An important tool for Rapid Dissemination of Information towards Control of Diseases.

CD Alert is a monthly newsletter of the National Centre for Diseases Control, Directorate General of Health Services, to disseminate information on various aspects of communicable diseases to medical fraternity and health administrators. It is widely circulated to different parts of the country including Directorates of Health Services of different States, Districts, Primary health Centres, Medical Colleges and individuals. Many a times, the important topics covered in CD Alert have been reproduced, in part or whole, by Indian Medical Association for dissemination of knowledge. The first issue was published in August 1997 on emerging and reemerging diseases and a total of seventy five issues have been published so far. Issues have been published on commonly known topics which have also been updated from time to time. The CD Alerts give an inside view of the disease including the global scenario, Indian scenario and also the diagnostic facilities of the particular disease within our country. The CD Alert becomes a handy tool for the Rapid response Teams for management and containment operations in outbreak/ epidemic situations. These issues have been handy in disease outbreaks like meningococcal meningitis and also have been useful in disasters like Tsunami, floods in Bihar, Cyclone (Aila) in West Bengal, etc.

Editorial Board:

Sr No.	Members	Designation
01.	Dr. Tanzin Dikid	Joint Director & HOD (CME&VM)
02.	Dr. Partha Rakshit, Joint Director	Joint Director
03.	Dr. Shikha Vardhan	Joint Director
04.	Dr Aradhana Bhargava	Joint Director, APHO, Nagpur
05.	Dr Meera Dhuria	Joint Director & HOD (Division of Public Health Preparedness & NCD)
06.	Dr. Monil Singhai	Joint Director
07.	Dr. Purva Pankaj Sarkate	Joint Director & HOD (Enterovirus)
08.	Dr. Monil Singhai	Joint Director
09.	Dr. Anubhav Srivastava	Deputy Director & OIC (Establishment & Strengthening of NCDC branches)
10.	Dr. Purvi Patel	Senior Consultant (on contract basis)

Editorial Advisory Panel:

Sr No.	Members	Designation
01.	Dr Anil Kumar	Principal Advisor
02.	Dr. P.K. Sen	Principal Advisor
03.	Dr. Sunil Gupta	Principal Consultant
04.	Dr. S. K. Jain	Advisor
05.	Dr. S. Venkatesh	Consultant (on re-employment basis)
06.	Dr Sandhya Kabra	Additional Director & HOD (Biotech. & VH)
07.	Dr Aakash Shrivastava	Additional Director & HOD(CEOH)
08.	Lata Kapoor	Additional Director & HOD (CBD & DR)
09.	Dr. Simrita Singh	Additional Director & OIC (Influenza & TB Lab)
10.	Dr. Himanshu Chauhan	Joint Director & Nodal Office (IDSP)
11.	Dr Vinay Kumar Garg	Joint Director & HOD (DPD)
12.	Dr Simmi Tiwari	Joint Director & HOD (Center for One Health)

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