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Kozhikode Branch, National Centre for Disease Control
Formerly Regional Filaria Training & Research Centre, NICD
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Mailing address
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3rd floor, Kendriya Bhavan, M.S.Baburaj Road, Kallai (PO), Kozhikode, Kerala-673003
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Head of the Branch
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Dr.K.P. Hamzakoya,
MS (Opthal), DPH, Additional Director
Tel No. (O) 0495- 2325502Tel No. (R) 0495- 2321882
Mobile: 08547663406
E-mail: Jd.ncdckerala.gov.in / andakoyasag@gmail.com
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Other officers in the Branch
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1. Dr.K.Regu, M.Sc, B.Ed, Ph.D, Joint Director,
Tel No. (O) 0495- 2325502
Tel No. (R) 0495-2371356
Mobile: 09846999291
E-mail: regu1962@yahoo.co.in
2. Dr.R.Rajendran, M.Sc, Ph.D, Deputy Director
B.Malayi Research Unit, (Field & Research Unit Under NCDC, Kerala), THQ
Hospital Campus, Cherthala, Alappuzha District -688524
Tel No: (O) 0478-2823422
Tel No: (R) 0478-2822880
Mobile: 09895915028
Email: rajendran061@gmail.com
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Broad outline of activities of the Branch
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- Training and Capacity building
- Research
- Specialized services and
- Outbreak investigation and control
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Training Programmes
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- Training course on Filariology for Filaria Inspectors/Technicians for 10 working days- 2 courses
- Training course on Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination for Medical Officers/Biologists/District Programme Officers for 5 working days- 2 courses
- One day lecture cum demonstration classes on Lymphatic Filariasis to Medical students, Homeo Medical students, Nursing students, Sanitary Inspector trainees etc.
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Major Achievements
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- Surveillance of Aedes aegypti, the vector of Yellow fever, dengue, Chikungunya and Zika virus in and around International Airports and Seaports of Kerala ( Kozhikode, Kochi & Thiruvananthapuram Airports & Cochin Seaport) & Tamil Nadu ( Tiruchirappalli Airport & Tuticorin Seaport)- during Pre monsoon and Post monsoon periods.
- Filaria clinics and morbidity management in Lymphatic filariasis.
- Investigation on Brugia malayi in Balasore and Bhadrak districts of Odisha.5309 blood slides from Bhadrak district examined.
- Cross checking of blood slides received from 14 District Vector Control Units of Kerala.
- Evaluation of Mass Drug Administration against Lymphatic Filariasis in Palakkad & Malappuram Districts of Kerala.
- Surveillance of Aedesspecies of mosquitoes, the vector of dengue, Chikungunya and Zika virus in Alappuzha and Kozhikode districts of Kerala.
- Clinico-parasitological surveys in Alappuzha,Malappuram and Palakkad districts.
- Investigation on Dengue, H1N1, Leptospirosis and increased dengue deaths in Kerala- along with Central Team.
- Surveillance of Vectors of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Alappuzha District.
- Government of Kerala has allotted 1.5 acres of land in Thiruvananthapuram town for establishing NCDC Branch.
- Received Best NCDC Branch Award for the year 2016-2017
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Research Projects Undertaken
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Assessment of prevalence and intensity of soil transmitted helminthes(STH) among pregnant women and school children at two sites in India.
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Publications
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Nil
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Any other specialised activities
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- As a referral Centre of Lymphatic filariasis, cases are referred from Medical Colleges and other Health Institutions of the locality for Diagnosis and treatment
- Supply of preserved material e.g. mf slides and vector mosquitoes to medical colleges and other health care centres
- Project guidance to M.Sc Medical Microbiology students from Kannur University- 04 students
- Classes on Lymphatic Filariasis and Mass Drug Administration, Vector Borne Diseases and their control to Medical Officers and Paramedical staff.
- Investigation on Dengue outbreak in Keezhariyur panchayat of Kozhikode district
- Investigation of Cholera in Mavoor panchayat of Kozhikode district
- Study on Vectors of Malaria in Kozhikode town
- Mosquito identification services
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