Divisional Activities
Programme details:
NRCP was approved and rolled out in the entire country under the 12th Five Year Plan. NCDC is the nodal agency
for implementing the health component. State level activities of the program are being implemented through the
National Health mission since FY2019-20. The programme has now been approved under SFC for FY 2021-26 under
Scheme E of umbrella scheme of NCDC.
- Point Prevalence Surveys of Antibiotic consumption at NAC-NET sites
- Monitoring of antimicrobial consumption trends at NAC-NET sites
π§ Email ID of Programme: eisdottechnical[at]gmail[dot]com
π€ Officer In Charge: Dr. Arti Bahl,Dr. Ramesh Chandra and Dr. Shubham Yadav
Programme details:
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, launched the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS)
Programme at National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi in October 2012 on the lines of the programme
of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, USA. This two-year programme is designed
to provide high quality training to public health professionals with skills in epidemiology necessary for
public health actions including surveillance, effective and rapid response to any public health event or
crisis. This training is offered to nominated candidates of state health departments and self-sponsored
mid-level public health professionals.
This unique programme is being conducted by the NCDC, Delhi in technical collaboration with CDC, Atlanta. The
programme is now linked to a Masters in Applied Epidemiology (MAE) degree from HN Bahuguna Uttarakhand Medical
Education University.
π§ Email ID of Programme: epdncidc[at]gmail[dot]com
π€ Officer In Charge: Dr. Rameshwar Sorokhaibam
Programme details:
Epidemiology Division of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is a WHO Collaborating Centre for
Epidemiology & training since 1996. Objective is to strengthen technical capabilities and skills of health
professionals in field application of epidemiology in prevention & control of diseases.
Among the various Training Programmes conducted for Public Health Capacity building, Field Epidemiology
Training Programme (FETP) & Paramedical FETP are the two key WHO sponsored activities.
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It is a tailor-made programme for medical personnel from countries of South East Asia Region to
strengthen the epidemiological skills. The training covers modules on principles of epidemiology,
introduction to biostatistics, disease surveillance, outbreak investigation and response, role of the
laboratories in public health, emerging infectious diseases, communication and health promotion,
international health regulation, basic computer applications, and field practice.
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Regional Training Programme on Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases or Paramed
FETPThe division conducts one-month training programme every year for Paramedical workers from
the countries of South East Asia Region in prevention and control of communicable diseases. This training
programme aims at enhancing epidemiological skills of paramedical health workforce in the region for rapid
response during communicable diseases outbreaks.
Publications: In the Last Three Years
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Shrivastava A, Srikanth P, Kumar A, Dhushan G, Goel K, Kumar S, et al. Outbreaks of unexplained neurologic
illness β Muzaffarpur, India, 2013β2014. Morbidity and mortality weekly report. 2015;64(3):49β53.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25632950/
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Kumar T, Shrivastava A, Kumar A, Laserson KF, Narain JP, Venkatesh S, et al. (2015). Viral Hepatitis
Surveillance India, 2011β2013. Morbidity and mortality weekly report. 2015;64(28):758β762.
https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6428a3
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Dhanaraj B, Papanna M K, Adinarayana S, Vedachalam C, Sundaram V, Shanmugam S, et al. Prevalence and risk
factors for adult pulmonary tuberculosis in a metropolitan city of South India. PloS one. 2015;10(4):e0124260.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124260
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Yadav R, Garg R, Manoharan N, Swasticharan L, Julka P, Rath G. Evaluation of Delhi Population Based Cancer
Registry and Trends of Tobacco Related Cancers. Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention.
2016;17(6):2841β2846.
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Devi NP, Kumar AMV, Chinnakali P, Rajendran M, Valan AS, Rewari BB, et al. Loss to follow-up among children in
pre-ART care under the National AIDS Programme, Tamil Nadu, South India. Public Health Action.
2017;7(2):90β94.
https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.16.0112
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Goel K, Naithani S, Bhatt D, Khera A, Sharapov UM, Kriss JL, et al. The World Health Organization Measles Programmatic Risk Assessment Tool-Pilot Testing in India, 2014. Risk analysis: an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis. 2017;37(6):1063β1071.
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Shrivastava A, Kumar A, Thomas JD, Laserson KF, Bhushan G, Carter MD, et al. Association of acute toxic encephalopathy with litchi consumption in an outbreak in Muzaffarpur, India, 2014: a case-control study. The Lancet Global Health. 2017;5(4): e458β e466.
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Yadav R, Swasticharan L, Garg R. (2017) Compliance of Specific Provisions of Tobacco Control Law Around Educational Institutions in Delhi, India. International journal of preventive medicine. 2017; 8:62
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- Kumar T, Bhatia D, Kaur T, Vimal V, Aakash PS, Prakash NJ, et al. Vibrio Cholerae Outbreak in Batala Town, Punjab, India 2012. The Journal of communicable diseases. 2017; 49:35-40
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- Kumar T, Bhatia D, MahaLakshmi PV, Laserson KF, Narain JP, Kumar R. (2017) Risk factors for death during a resurgence of influenza-A (H1N1) pdm09 in Punjab State in 2013. Indian journal of public health. 2017;61(1):9β13
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- Padda P, Singla N, Sarin R. Surveillance, Evaluation of Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (PMDT) at DR-TB Centre, NITRD, New Delhi. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2018;30(1):76β81. 2017; 49:35-40
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- Moghe CS, Goel P, Singh J, Nayak NR, Dhuria M, Jain R, et al. (2019) Mumps outbreak investigation in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India, June-September 2016. Journal of medical virology. 2019;91(3):347β350.
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- Choudhary S, Sahu R, Sodha SV, Dikid T, Aggarwal CS, Saroha E, et al. Outbreak investigation of acute diarrheal disease (ADD) during a religious mass gathering associated with drinking contaminated pipeline water, Radhakund, Uttar Pradesh, India, October β November 2016. The Columbia University Journal of Global Health. 2019;9(2).
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- Yadav R, Somashekar D, Sodha SV, Laserson KF, Venkatesh S, Chauhan H. Post-Flood Rapid Needs Assessment in Srinagar City, Jammu and Kashmir State, India, September, 2014. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness. 2019; 13(2):133β 137.
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- Nayak P, Sodha SV, Laserson KF, Padhi AK, Swain BK, Hossain SS, et al. A cutaneous Anthrax outbreak in Koraput District of Odisha-India 2015. BMC public health. 2019;19(Suppl 3): 470..
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- Kumar T, Shrivastava A, Bhatia D, Mitra Y, Kumar A, Hussain S, et al. Jaundice outbreak likely caused by HEV in Amritsar, Punjab, India, 2013. BMC public health. 2019;19(Suppl 3):464..
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- Goel P, Dhuria M, Yadav R, Khasnobis P, Meena S, Venkatesh S. Public health surveillance during Simhastha Kumbh, a religious mass gathering in Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh, India, 2016. Indian journal of public health. 2020;64(2):198β200.
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- Maramraj KK, Ml KL, Dikid T, Choudhary S, Reddy S, Jain S K, et al. An outbreak of acute skin and soft tissue infections including necrotizing fasciitis in Kalwala village, India, 2018: Public health implications for the lymphatic filariasis elimination program. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2020;114(10):742β750.
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- Aggrawal V, Dikid T, Jain SK, Pandey A, Khasnobis P, Choudhary S, et al. Disease surveillance during a large religious mass gathering in India: The Prayagraj Kumbh 2019 experience. International journal of infectious diseases. 2020; 101:167β173.
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- Dikid T, Chaudhary S, Goel K, Padda P, Sahu R, Kumar T, et al. Responding to COVID- 19 pandemic: Why a strong health system is required. The Indian journal of medical research. 2020;151(2&3):140β145.
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- Rastogi N, Goel K, Jain T, V Sodha S, Yadav R, Aggarwal S C, et al. Evaluation of National Injury Surveillance Centre, India, 2015-16. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2020;32(1):51β56.
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- Maramraj KK, Subbalakshmi G, Ali MS, Dikid T, Yadav R, Sodha SV, et al. A community-wide acute diarrheal disease outbreak associated with drinking contaminated water from shallow bore-wells in a tribal village, India, 2017. BMC public health. 2020; 20(1), 231.
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- Maramraj KK, Subbalakshmi G, Ali MS, Dikid T, Yadav R, Sodha SV, et al. A community-wide acute diarrheal disease outbreak associated with drinking contaminated water from shallow bore-wells in a tribal village, India, 2017. BMC public health. 2020; 20(1), 231.
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- Singh A, Gupta R, Dikid T, Saroha E, Sharma N C, Sagar S, et al. Cholera outbreak investigation, Bhadola, Delhi, India, April-May 2018. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2020;114(10):762β769.
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- Patel P, Athotra A, Vaisakh TP, Dikid T, Jain SK, NCDC COVID Incident Management Team, et al. Impact of nonpharmacological interventions on COVID-19 transmission dynamics in India. Indian journal of public health. 2020; 64(Supplement), S142-
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- Pasi A, Gaikwad P, Aroskar K, Kumar T, Teddy R, Kundu M, et al. Early detection of suspected cases of COVID-19: role of thermal screening at international airports in India. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Healt.2020; 7(12):4817-4822.
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- Chandrasekar P, Kumar S, Dzeyie K, Vignesh M S, Sankara D, Raveendran I, et al. Outbreak of ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi attributed to eating chicken at hotel X, Tiruchirappalli, India, 2018. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020; 101:59β60.
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- Lowang D, Dhuria M, Yadav R, Mylliem P, Sodha SV, Khasnobis P. Measles outbreak among children β€15 years old, Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya, India, 2017. Indian journal of public health. 2021; 65(Supplement): S5βS9.
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- Sheoran P, Rammayyan A, Shukla HK, Dikid T, Yadav R, Sodha V. An outbreak investigation of acute Diarrheal Disease, Nagpur District, Maharashtra, India. Indian journal of public health. 2021;65(Supplement): S14βS17.
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- Sahu R, Ray AL, Yadav AK, Kunte R, Faujdar DS, et al. Acute gastroenteritis outbreak in a school associated with religious ceremony in Mirzapur District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Indian journal of public health. 2021;65(Supplement): S18βS22.
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- Dzeyie KA, Lowang D, Dikid T, Wangsu W, Tamir T, et al. Measles outbreak investigation at Indo-Myanmar border, Longding District, Arunachal Pradesh, India, 2017. Indian journal of public health. 2021; 65 (Supplement): S23βS28.
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- Patil AA, Velayudhan A, Durairaj GK, Khasnobis P, Sodha SV, et al. Outbreak investigation of foodborne illness among political rally attendees, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India. Indian journal of public health. 2021; 65(Supplement): S55β S58.
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- Velayudhan A, Nayak J, Murhekar MV, Dikid T, Sodha SV, et al. Shellfish poisoning outbreaks in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India. Indian journal of public health. 2021; 65(Supplement): S29βS33.
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- Vardhan V, Dikid T, Yadav R, Patil R, Awate P, et al. Foodborne Disease outbreak associated with eating Gaajar Halwa at a Wedding β Palghar District, Maharashtra, India, 2018. Indian journal of public health. 2021; 65(Supplement): S10βS13.
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- Gupta G, Singh A, Dikid T, Saroha E, Sodha SV. Acute diarrheal disease outbreak in Muzaffarpur Village, Chandauli District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Indian journal of public health. 2021; 65(Supplement): S34βS40.
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- Kumar A, Grover G S, Dikid T, Kaur S, Patil A, et al. Foodborne illness outbreak linked to a rural community kitchen in a rural area of Patiala District, Punjab, India, 2018. Indian journal of public health. 2021; 65(Supplement): S41βS45.
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- Dutta BP, Kumar N, Meshram KC, Yadav R, Sodha SV, Gupta S. Cholera outbreak associated with contaminated water sources in paddy fields, Mandla District, Madhya Pradesh, India. Indian journal of public health. 2021; 65(Supplement): S46β S50.
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- Sharma S, Goel K, Kurup KK, Grover GS, Bhaskar R. COVID-19 in Punjab, India: Epidemiological patterns, laboratory surveillance and contact tracing of COVID-19 cases, March-May 2020. Clinical epidemiology and global health. 2021; 11: 100769.
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- Azarudeen M J, Aroskar K, Kurup K K, Dikid T, Chauhan H, Jain S K, Singh S K. Comparing COVID-19 mortality across selected states in India: The role of age structure. Clinical epidemiology and global health. 2021; 12:100877.
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- Vaisakh TP, Kumar R, Mishra A, Babu BS, Patel P, Dikid T, et al. Descriptive epidemiology of acute encephalopathy syndrome outbreak in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, India from MayβJuly 2019. BMC Proceedings. 2021; 15(Supplementary 11):17
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- Rastogi N, Goel K, Jain T, Sodha SV, Aggarwal CS, Venkatesh S. An Epidemiological Profile of Injury Patients Admitted in a Tertiary Care Hospital, New Delhi, India, 2015. BMC Proceedings. 2021; 15(Supplementary 11):17
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- Dundaiah S, Govindappa V B. Dengue outbreak investigation in East Delhi, India, 2015. BMC Proceedings. 2021; 15(Supplementary 11):17
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- Mishra A, Patil A, Roy N, Choudhary S, Dikid T, Jain S K, et al. Evaluation of Kala-Azar Surveillance System in Muzaffarpur District, Bihar, India, 2019. BMC Proceedings. 2021; 15(Supplementary 11):17
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- Moghe C, Arora P, Dhuria M, Singh S K, Mattu S, Jakhar N, Sahora E, Sodha S, Venketesh S. Evaluation of a symptom-based surveillance model for Ebola virus disease at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India 2014β2015. BMC Proceedings. 2021; 15(Supplementary 11):17
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- Goel K, MahaLakshmi PV, Chaturvedi M, Thakur JS. Capacity building in public health emergency & hospital preparedness in India, 2019 β An experience sharing. BMC Proceedings. 2021; 15(Supplementary 11):17
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- Patel P, Azarudeen M, Choudhary S, Kaur S, Pore M, Dikid T, et al. Cholera Outbreak Investigation in Sangli District, Maharashtra, India, 2019. BMC Proceedings. 2021; 15(Supplementary 11):17
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- Dutta B P, Padhi S P, Bachanni D, Sodha S, Yadav R, Gupta S, Shaukat M, Pattnaik PKB, Aggarwal C S, Venkatesh S. Causes of non-compliance to the continuum of care among patients screened for hypertension or diabetes, Sundergarh district, Odisha, 2016. BMC Proceedings. 2021; 15(Supplementary 11):17
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- Dzeyie KA, Dhanapaul S, Rubeshkumar P, Desing SK, Vignesh MS, Raveendran I, Outbreak of Ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi-Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India, June 2018. IJID Registered. 2021; 4(1):60-64
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- Singh A, Talyan A, Chandra R, Srivastava A, Upadhya V, Mukhopadhyay C, et al. Risk factors for melioidosis in Udupi District, Karnataka, India, January 2017-July 2018. PLOS Global Public Health. 2022; 2(12): e0000865
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- Aroskar K, Sahu R, Choudhary S, Pasi AR, Gaikwad P, Dikid T. Evaluation of point of entry surveillance for COVID-19 at Mumbai international airport, India, July 2020. Indian J Public Health 2022; 66:67-70
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