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{{short description|Indian medical health government agency}}
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| preceding2 = Central Malaria Bureau (1909–1963)
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| headquarters = [[New Delhi]]
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| budget = ₹2000 crores ($270 million) (2017–18)
| minister1_name = [[Dr. Harsh Vardhan]]
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| minister2_name = [[Anupriya Patel]]
| minister2_pfo = Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare
| minister3_name = [[Faggan Singh Kulaste]]
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The '''National Centre for Disease Control''' (previously known as the '''National Institute of Communicable Diseases''') is an institute under the Indian Directorate General of Health Services, [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]]. It was established in July 1963 for research in [[epidemiology]] and control of [[communicable diseases]] and to reorganize the activities of the '''Malaria Institute of India'''. It has eight branches at [[Alwar]], [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], [[Trivandrum]], [[Kozhikode|Calicut]], [[Coonoor]], [[Jagdalpur]], [[Patna]], [[Rajahmundry]] and [[Varanasi]] to advise the respective state governments on [[public health]]. The headquarters are in Sham Nath Marg, in [[New Delhi]].

==History==
[[File:S.P. Ramakrishnan. Photograph by L.J. Bruce-Chwatt. Wellcome V0028008.jpg|thumb|right|Director S.P. Ramakrishnan at the sign for the newly renamed Central Institute for Communicable Diseases (ca. 1964). Credit: [[Wellcome Institute]]]]
The origin of the National Centre for Disease Control can be traced to the Central Malaria Bureau, which was established at [[Kasauli]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[India]] in 1909. It was renamed the Malaria Institute of India in 1938 and in 1963 renamed the National Institute of Communicable Diseases.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041117/jobs/main4.htm|title=In Focus: Shaping health experts and aiding research|last=Singal|first=Manish Kumar|date=17 November 204|website=Tribune India|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830060414/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041117/jobs/main4.htm|archive-date=30 August 2017|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>

The reorganized Institute was established to develop a national centre for teaching and research in various disciplines of epidemiology and control of communicable diseases. The Institute was envisaged to act as a centre par excellence for providing multi disciplinary and integrated expertise in the control of communicable disease. The Institute was also entrusted the task of developing reliable rapid economic epidemiological tools which could be effectively applied in the field for the control of communicable diseases. The objectives of the Institute broadly cover three activities - training, service and operational research in the field of communicable diseases and their prevention and control in the country. The centre is under affiliation with [[Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University]], Delhi.

The ''Centre for AIDS & Related Diseases'' was established at National Institute of Communicable Diseases as a National Reference Laboratory as per [[National AIDS Control Organisation]] guidelines in the year 2002. Prior to this it had existed as AIDS Reference Laboratory since 1985, one of the first reference centers in India, which started surveillance of HIV infection in the country.

On 30 July 2009, it was named the National Centre for Disease Control.

==Divisions==
The National Centre for Disease Control has 14 technical centres/divisions:
* [[Integrated disease surveillance program|Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme]]
* Centre for [[AIDS]] and Related Diseases
* [[Epidemiology]] division
* Division of [[Malariology]] & Coordination
* [[Helminthology]] division
* [[Biochemistry]] and [[Toxicology]]
* [[Biotechnology]] division
* [[Microbiology]] division
* Medical [[Entomology]] and [[vector control|vector management]] division
* Centre for Arboviral and Zoonotic Diseases
* Division of [[Parasitic disease|Parasitic Disease]]
* Centre for Environment and Occupational Health
* Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases
* Statistical Monitoring and Evaluation Centre

== Operations ==
The National Centre for Disease Control has 434 officers which consists of 5 regional branches and 20 metropolitan health surveillance units.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ianphi.org/membercountries/memberinformation/india.html|title=India National Centre for Disease Control|last=|first=|date=|website=[[International Association of National Public Health Institutes]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Varshney|first=Vibha|title=Fillip, more funds for disease surveillance in Union Budget 2021-22|url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/health/fillip-more-funds-for-disease-surveillance-in-union-budget-2021-22-75290|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-21|website=DownToEarth|language=en}}</ref>

==Activities==
Doctors from the centre have investigated potential outbreaks of diseases including suspected cases of [[pneumonic plague]] in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] in 2002,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020219/main2.htm|title=Tests point to plague - One more death takes toll to four|last=Sethi|first=Chitleen K.|date=18 February 2002|website=Tribune India|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> [[SARS]] outbreaks in 2004,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sars-scare-two-scientists-sent-to-bhopal/article27754715.ece|title=SARS scare: two scientists sent to Bhopal|last=Sunderarajan|first=P.|date=2003-04-05|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-01-29|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> [[meningitis]] outbreak in [[Delhi]] in 2005, and [[avian influenza]] in 2006, and have reviewed preparedness for [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|coronavirus]] in 2019–2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/ncdc-reviews-preparedness-regarding-coronavirus-in-rml-hospital-120012700921_1.html|title=NCDC reviews preparedness regarding coronavirus in RML hospital|date=2020-01-27|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2020-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/11-people-under-observation-for-coronavirus-special-ncdc-teams-formed-for-monitoring-11579957396608.html|title=11 people under observation for coronavirus, PMO holds high-level meeting|last=Sharma|first=Neetu Chandra|date=2020-01-25|website=Livemint|language=en|access-date=2020-01-30}}</ref> By February 2021, the National Centre for Disease Control found a new mutated strain E484Q of SARS-CoV-2 in the state of [[Maharashtra|Maharastra]] that was previously thought to be coming from South Africa and Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 20, 2021|first=Neha|last=Madaan|title=Some SARS-CoV-2 variants with mutations in few samples normal: Expert |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/couple-of-sars-cov-2-variants-with-mutations-in-few-samples-is-normal-expert/articleshow/81117699.cms|access-date=2021-02-21|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) Labs release initial results of Genome sequencing of mutant variant of SARS-CoV-2|url=http://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1684281|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Press Information Bureau}}</ref>

=== Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium ===
In view of genomic mutations found in [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2]] (SARS-CoV-2), the National Centre for Disease Control under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in collaboration with [[Department of Biotechnology]], [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] and [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] launched [[INSACOG|Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium]] in 2020. It is a national level multiple laboratory network that will help in [[sentinel surveillance]], research genomic level variation, develop diagnostics and vaccine for [[severe acute respiratory syndrome]] (SARS) related pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhattacharya|first=Tapas|title=Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) launched {{!}} DD News|url=http://ddnews.gov.in/health/indian-sars-cov-2-genomics-consortium-insacog-launched|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-21|website=DD News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kulkarni|first=Sagar|date=2020-12-26|title=Covid-19: Centre forms genomic surveillance consortium; task force says no change in treatment protocol|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/covid-19-centre-forms-genomic-surveillance-consortium-task-force-says-no-change-in-treatment-protocol-931921.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

The centre is the lead agency under which ten national laboratories are working:
* [[Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology]]
* [[Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics]]
* [[Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology]]
* [[Institute of Life Sciences Bhubaneswar]]
* [[Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine]]
* [[National Centre for Biological Sciences]]
* [[National Centre for Cell Science]]
* [[National Institute of Biomedical Genomics]]
* [[National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences]]
* [[National Institute of Virology]]

==Global Disease Detection==
In collaboration with the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]], the National Centre for Disease Control has set up the Global Disease Detection Regional Center in [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. This will lead to long-term public health collaboration between the Government of India and the United States in many areas including establishing high quality research and surveillance on important human infectious diseases, establishing the Indian Epidemiological Intelligence System program, and developing the National Centre for Disease Control as an international nodal agency in [[South Asia]].

==See also==
*[[List of national public health agencies]] (Similar organizations across the world)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official|http://www.ncdc.gov.in/}}

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[[Category:Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]]
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[[Category:Medical research institutes in India]]
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imported>Deadstar: (GR) File renamed: File:R.K. Ramakrishnan. Photograph by L.J. Bruce-Chwatt. Wellcome V0028008.jpg → File:S.P. Ramakrishnan. Photograph by L.J. Bruce-Chwatt. Wellcome V0028008.jpg incorrect initials