The National Centre for Disease Control or
NCDC entered into a deal with the Assam Government for setting up its branch in
the State under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, said an official statement.
The agreement was signed between the State’s
Health and Family Welfare Department and NCDC for establishing the regional
branch at Rani in Kamrup district.
The NCDC branch will support the State Government
in disease surveillance and monitoring, and these will enable early warning
leading to timely intervention based on evidence gathered from the field.
The State branch will coordinate with
NCDC headquarters in New Delhi with real-time sharing of data and information.
Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said, “Disease
surveillance plays a crucial part in disease prevention, control and
management. The regional branch of NCDC will provide a boost to public health
infrastructure with prompt surveillance, rapid detection and monitoring of
diseases, thereby enabling early interventions.”
Health and Family Welfare Department additional
chief secretary Avinash Joshi said a target has been undertaken to build an
IT-enabled disease surveillance system by developing a network of laboratories
at block, district, regional and national levels.
PTI
