Epi-Dis-PHERE- Publication of Health Resilience Quarterly e-Journal of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
About Epi-Dis-PHERE- Publication of Health Resilience Quarterly e-Journal of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
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Epi-Dis-PHERE- Publication of Health Resilience Quarterly e-Journal of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
Epi-Dis-PHERE- Publication of Health Resilience Quarterly e-Journal of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
Volume 1 | Issue 1 | January 2025
About Epi-Dis-PHERE- Publication of Health Resilience Quarterly e-Journal of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
About Epi-Dis-PHERE- Publication of Health Resilience Quarterly e-Journal of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC):
Epi-Dis-PHERE- Publication of Health Resilience Quarterly e-Journal of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is an open access, peer-reviewed double-blinded multidisciplinary quarterly e-Journal of the National Centre for Disease Control. It aims to advance public health in the areas of research, policy, practice and education with special focus on India. It encourages contributions across the whole spectrum of public health research and practice with focus on the timely communication of current, best scientific evidence to public health professionals, researchers, academics, clinicians, policy makers and the public.
The e-Journal publishes reviews/updates, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, original research papers, reports of outbreak investigations, scientific research communications, announcements of conferences, workshops, meetings, courses, summary reports of conferences, book reviews, letters on published articles, and commentaries/short reports on all aspects of the science, philosophy and practice of public health.
Editorial Board
Editorial Advisory Board
Volume 1 | Issue 1 | January 2025
Advisors:
- Dr. Sunita Sharma, Director General of Health Services, NCDC
- Dr Ranjan Das, Director, NCDC
- Dr. S Venkatesh, Former DGHS & Director NCDC, Consultant, NCDC
- Chief Executive Editor: Dr. Sandhya Kabra, Addl Director and Head, Viral Hepatitis and Biotechnology Division
- Additional Executive Editor: Dr. Meera Dhuria, Joint Director, NCDC
- Associate Executive Editor: Dr. Rameshwar Sorokhaibam, CMO (NFSG), NCDC
- Assistant Executive Editor: Dr. Shubhangi Kulsange, Joint Director, NCDC
- Guest Editors: Dr. Simmi Tiwari & Dr. Ajit Shewale, Joint Director, NCDC (Based on the theme)
Editorial Members (Names in alphabetical order)
- Dr. Aakash Srivastava, Additional Director & Head, CEOH-CCH Division, NCDC
Email ID- a[dot]shriv[dot]ncdc[at]gmail[dot]com, a[dot]shrivastava[at]ncdc[dot]gov[dot]inAddress – Centre for Environmental & Occupational Health, Climate Change and Health(CEOH&CCH), National Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Dr. Arti Bahl, Additional Director & Head, Division of Parasitic Diseases, NCDC
Email ID- arti[dot]bahl[at]gov[dot]inAddress – Department of Parasitic Diseases, National Centre for Disease Control, 22 –Sham Nath Marg, Delhi – 110 054 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Dr. Ashutosh Biswas, Director, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar
Email ID- director[at]aiimsbhubaneswar[dot]edu[dot]inAddress – All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Sijua, Patrapada, Bhubaneswar, Odisha751019
- Dr. Jai Prakash Narain, Former Head, Communicable Diseases, WHO/SEARO
Email ID- narainj[at]searo[dot]who[dot]intAddress – World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO)New Delhi, India
- Dr. Mala Chhabra, Senior Consultant, Microbiology, ABVIMS & Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi
Email ID- malachhabra[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in, drmala[dot]chhabra[at]gov[dot]inAddress – PGI buiding , Academic block, 6th floor, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of MedicalSciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital New Delhi, India
- Dr. Manju Rahi, Director, ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Puducherry
Email ID- manjurahi[dot]hq[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in , drmanjurahi[at]gmail[dot]comAddress – Vector Control Research Centre – Pudducherry Address: Indira Nagar Puducherry –605006
- Dr. Ramesh Agarwal, Director Professor, Department of Medicine, LHMC & Smt SK Hospital, New Delhi
Email ID- ramesh[dot]agarwal14[at]lhmc-hosp[dot]gov[dot]inAddress – All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, 110, Chittaranjan Avenue Kolkata-700073
- Dr. Manas Kundu, Director, AIIH&PH, Kolkata
Email ID- mk[dot]kundu68[at]gov[dot]inAddress – Department of Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College & Associated HospitalsNew Delhi
- Dr. Ruchi Jain, Joint Director, RHO office, Rajasthan
- Dr. Sandeep Garg, Director Professor, Department of Medicine, MAMC & LN Hospital, New Delhi
- Dr. Simmi Tiwari, Joint Director & Head, Centre for One Health, NCDC
Email ID- drsimmi[at]ncdc[dot]gov[dot]inAddress – Centre for One Health, National Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health andFamily Welfare, 22 – Sham Nath Marg, Delhi – 110 054
- Dr. Tanu Jain, Director, NCVBDC
Email ID- dir[dot]ncvbdc[at]gmail[dot]com, tanu[dot]jain69[at]nic[dot]inAddress – National Center for Vector Borne Diseases Control,Ministry of Health and FamilyWelfare, 22 – Sham Nath Marg, Delhi – 110 054
- Dr. Tushar Nanasaheb Nale, Deputy Director, Dte GHS
Email ID- tushar[dot]nale[at]nic[dot]inAddress – Centre for One Health, National Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health andFamily Welfare, 22 – Sham Nath Marg, Delhi – 110 054
- Dr. Tanzin Dikid, Additional Director & Head, Centre for Medical Entomology and Vector Management, NCDC
Email ID- tanzin[dot]dikid[at]gov[dot]inAddress – Epidemiology Division, National Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 22 – Sham Nath Marg, Delhi – 110 054
- Assistant Director (Admin),PBA, NCDC, MoH&FW, GoI
Publishing Body : National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
- Note: The Editors or the Publisher assumes no responsibility for the statements and opinions of contributors.
Issues (Current)
Volume 1 | Issue 1 | January 2025
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
|
Editoral
Prof. (Dr.) Atul Goel, Director General Health Services (DGHS), MoHFW Director,
National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
|
01 |
|
Perspective
Dr Rajiv Bahl, Secretary, Department of Health Research & Director General, Indian
Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Government of India
|
04 |
| Dr Himanshu Pathak, Director General, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR),Research(ICAR), Government of India | 05 |
| Shri. Vibhu Nayar, Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India | 06 |
| Dr Sanjay Kumar Shukla, Member Secretary, Central Zoo Authority, Ministry of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India
|
08 |
|
Original Articles
Workforce Capacity Building in One Health : An Innovative Approach in India, 2023 |
11 |
|
Review Articles
One Health in Action : National One Health Programme for prevention and control of
zoonoses – Need , Strategy, Progress and Challenges
(Simmi Tiwari, Ajit Dadaji Shewale, Aastha Singh, Tushar Nanasaheb Nale, Dipti Mishra) |
15 |
| Animal Disease Surveillance: Perspectives & Issues
(Abhijit Mitra, Aruna Sharma, Adhiraj Mishra, Abhijit Jha) |
20 |
| Unravelling the Secrets of Nature’s Health – A Journey into Wild Animal Disease
Surveillance and Disease Forecasting
(Parag Nigam, Gowri Mallapur) |
25 |
| India’s Pioneer Initiative for Prevention and Control of Snakebite Envenoming
(Ajit Dadaji Shewale, Tushar Nanasaheb Nale, Simmi Tiwari, Aastha Singh) |
29 |
| ICMR research initiatives for prevention and control of snakebite
envenomation in India
(Rahul K Gajbhiye, Joy Kumar Chakma) |
37 |
| Prevention & Control of Leptospirosis in India: Human Health Initiatives
(Dipti Mishra, Aastha Singh, Ajit Dadaji Shewale, Simmi Tiwari & Tushar Nale ) |
42 |
| Plan for FEP Training in One Health
(Dr Meera Dhuria, Dr Priyanka Kundra, Dr Shaileja Yadav, Dr Bhavesh, Dr Anamika
Sahu, Dr
Dhanalaxmi) |
48 |
| Marching towards Rabies free India: Challenges and way forward
(Tushar Nanasaheb Nale, Ajit Dadaji Shewale, Dipti Mishra, Aastha Singh, Simmi
Tiwari,
Sowntappan Balasubramanian) |
50 |
| One Health Approach for Understanding and Managing Animal Leptospirosis in
India
(Vinod Kumar Kirubakaran, Prashant Bokade Prajakta, Archana Pal, Swathi M,
Chethan Kumar HB, Gulati Baldev Raj, Balamurugan Vinayagamurthy) |
56 |
| Epidemiological Trends of Zoonotic Diseases in India: A Focus on Crimean-Congo
Hemorrhagic Fever, Kyasanur Forest Disease, and Nipah Virus
(Deepak Y Patil, Anita M. Shete, Rima R. Sahay, Sreelekshmy Mohandas, Pragya D.
Yadav) |
68 |
| Strengthening Diagnostic Capacities for Zoonotic Diseases in India
(Vishesh Sood, Monil Singhai) |
78 |
| Research Priorities in One Health
(Mala Chhabra, Ruchita Chhabra, Nandini Duggal) |
86 |
| Building resilience to emerging and re-merging infectious diseases strengthened
control programme and research
(Manju Rahi, Sam Joy) |
95 |
| Uniting for One Health – The Importance of Community Engagement in One
Health
(Saumya Deol, Harmanmeet Kaur, Anoop Velayudhan) |
101 |
| Preventing Pandemics: Shifting from Reactive to Proactive One Health approaches
(Ritu Singh Chauhan, Prejit Nambiar) |
104 |
|
Key One Health Events
National Conclave on Uniting for One Health – Summary Report & Recommendations
(Simmi Tiwari, Ajit Dadaji Shewale, Tushar Nanasaheb Nale, Vineet Srivastava, Preeti
Shirin, Dipti Mishra, Aastha Singh) |
109 |
| National Conclave on Augmented Zoonotic Diseases Surveillance at Human
Wildlife Interface – Summary Report & Recommendations
(Simmi Tiwari, Ajit Dadaji Shewale, Tushar Nanasaheb Nale, Nidhi Khandelwal,
Gajendra Singh, Hanul Thukral, Priyanka Khuda) |
112 |
| Asia-Pacific Quadripartite: One Health workshop
(Ajit Dadaji Shewale, Ritu Chauhan, Priyanka Khuda) |
119 |
|
Book and Document Review
FAO: National Framework on One Health |
123 |
| Pioneering a New Era of One Health Collaboration: The Quadripartite Agreement – FAO,
WHO, WOAH and UNEP
(Mala Chhabra) |
125 |
|
Additional Content
Instructions to Authors, Editorial and Peer Review Process |
129 |
| List of Contributors | 130 |
Issues (Archives)
Instruction to Authors
Instructions to Authors
Original articles should ordinarily be limited to 250 words with about 30 references and 4-5
figures/tables.
Review/update articles should be limited to 3,000 words with not more than 45 references. Reports of
Outbreak Investigations must not exceed 800 words with one figure or table and about 10 references.
Scientific research communications should be limited to 350 words, with 5 references and no figure or
table. Commentary should be under 500 words with 5 latest references, running to maximum 1.5 pages.
Letter to Editor – 250 words, 6 references, no figure/table.
All manuscripts must be accompanied by a signed Copyright Transfer Form. This can be submitted as a
scanned copy. This form states that “The undersigned author(s) certify (ies) that the article is original, is
not under consideration by any other journal, and has not been previously published.
All copyright ownership of the manuscript entitled (title of article) is hereby transferred to the publishers
of the e-Journal.”
The authors should state in the manuscript that ethical clearance was obtained for the research project.
The journal has the right to ask for a copy of ethical clearance.
Articles will be edited for style and grammar. Technical jargon is to be kept to a minimum. The book
entitled “Scientific Style and Format – The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers”, 8th edition,
2014 published by Council of Science Editors is a good guide. British spellings are used in the Journal.
All statement and opinions expressed in the manuscripts are those of the authors, and not those of the
editor(s) or publishers. The editor(s) and publishers disclaim any responsibility for such material.
A manuscript will be reviewed for possible publication with the clear understanding that it is being
submitted to the Journal alone at that point in time and has not been published anywhere, simultaneously
submitted, or already accepted for publication elsewhere.
Editorial and Peer Review
Editorial and Peer Review
On submission, all submitted manuscripts are reviewed initially for suitability for formal review and any
plagiarism. Only such manuscripts as show sufficient originality, without serious scientific or technical
flaws, and providing a significant message will be sent to two or more expert reviewers for formal peer-review.
Manuscripts unlikely to be of interest to the readers of the Journal will be liable to be rejected. The journal
follows a double-blind review process, where the reviewers and authors are unaware of each other’s
identity. The comments and suggestions received from reviewers are conveyed to the corresponding
author. If required, the author is required to respond to reviewers’ comments and submit a revised version
of the manuscript. Articles accepted would be copy edited for grammar, punctuation, print style, and
format.
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