Centre for Non Communicable Diseases

Full Mailing Address:

Centre for Non Communicable Diseases,

National Centre for Disease Control,

22- Sham Nath Marg, Delhi – 110054.

Tele Fax. No. 011-20836066

Head of the Division:

Dr. Meera Dhuria
MBBS, MD, MBA (HCA)
Joint Director
Email ID- meera.dhuria@gov.in

*Other Staff in the Division

 
Dr. Jai Karan
MBBS, M.D, MICS, MIPHA
Advisor
Email ID- jaikaran_57@yahoo.com

Dr. Navin Verma
MBBS, MD (PSM)
Deputy Director (PH)
Email ID- drnavinverma@rediffmail.com

Dr. Garima Srivastava
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Deputy Assistant Director
Email ID- srivastavagarima882@gmail.com

Dr. Surya A S
MBBS
Medical Officer
Email ID- drsuryaas@gmail.com

*Photo Not Available*

Mr. Ved Prakash
B.Tech
Lab Attendant

Mr. Kuldeep Singh
High School
Insect Collector

National Programs implemented though division are as under:

National Programs: National Program for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke

Official Email ID: headncd@gmail.com

Officers: Dr. Meera Dhuria, HOD & JD

Dr. Jai Karan, Adviser

Dr. Navin Verma, DD

Dr. Garima Srivastava, DAD

Dr. Manoj Kumar Singh, AD

Laboratories/ Units under division -                                            Officer in charge of unit

1. Biochemistry Laboratory                                                               Dr. Meera Dhuria

Mandate of Centre for NCDs at NCDC, Delhi includes:

1. Technical support to NPCDCS (National Program for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular diseases and Stroke)
2. Capacity building
3. Information, Education, Communication (IEC) & Advocacy with policy makers and NPCDCS Program managers
4. Monitoring & Evaluation
5. Research

Activities undertaken in the division –

1. Centre for NCDs was established in February, 2015.

Details of Divisional Activities:

2020-2021

• A project on “Screening of NCDC officers/officials for thyroid disease, in view of higher risk for acquiring COVID-19 infection” and continuation of NIDDCP (National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Program) funded by NCDC, Delhi.
• A study on Clinico-epidemiological profile of the COVID-19 patients admitted in tertiary care hospitals for treatment and management at Delhi.
• Officers of the division are members of committee for the project “PRATAP” (Program for Risky behaviour and Attitude in Trauma Prevention).

Covid-19 response:

• Central Team visits to Maharashtra for review of Covid-19 during second wave and also after Omicron variant detection.
• Multiple inspection visits to Delhi Covid Hospitals for Covid-19 death audit and preparedness.
• Covid-19 periodic surveillance and review for Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh in coordination with IDSP and EPID Divisions.
• Participation in NCDC Public Health Teams.

Risk Communication:

• FM Rainbow live phone in Program on Cancer Awareness by Dr Anshu Sharma on 2^nd Feb, 2021.
• Faculty for development of Risk Communication Modules for IEC Officers of States. Also, lecture delivered during pilot regarding the same.
• Lecture regarding NPCDCS Case study from India given on 5^th Mar, 2021 in 6th International Course on Public Health Approaches to NCDs organized by World NCD Federation and others.
• Lecture given on 26^th Mar, 2021 in Online International Conference on Public Health organized by Navrachana University, Gujarat.
• Speaker for “National Dissemination Workshop: Multi State Formative Assessment findings on NCDs” on 10^th Dec, 2021 by PPHF (People to People Health Foundation).

Activities by NCD India EIS Officer:

• Epidemiological investigation of death case of Influenza A (H5), Gurugram, Haryana, 20^th July, 2021.
• Oral scientific presentations in Taiwan South East Asia and Western Pacific Bi-regional FETP, Delhi. Also, poster presentation in IAPSMCON.
• Case study pilot test: Investigating a Post-Pandemic Stroke Surge at a Capital City Hospital.

2019-20

• Received Tephinet (International NGO) grant for a study on “Effectiveness of the Information Education Communication (IEC) and counselling in reducing the non-communicable disease risk factors among the hypertensive patients attending NCD clinics, Punjab, India”.
• Field visits to one district per state to assess the system readiness to roll out Population based screening of NCDs in collaboration with NHSRC - Visited Bokaro (Jharkhand), Wardha (Maharashtra) and South District (Tripura).

Awareness Program/Special days etc.

• BLS and ACLS training arranged for NCDC officials at Anesthesia department, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital.
• World Cancer Day 2019 - Lecture demonstration session on Breast Self-Examination and a talk on Cervical Cancer screening for raising the awareness among its Lady Officers and officials on early detection for risk reduction of cancers.
• Talk on “Health Issues in women” at Shyama Prasad Mukherji College, Delhi University
• World Health Day 2019 [Universal Health Coverage]:
• Universal Health Coverage in the Indian Context of Health & Wellness Centres, Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Scheme and NCD Risk Factor Management
• Talk on Food and Nutrition
• Technical Session on World No Tobacco Day
• International Yoga Day 2019 - Yoga and demonstrate benefits of Yogasanas in daily life
• Technical session on Cancer Awareness & Prevention at Institute of Home Economics, Delhi University.
• Debate Competition and technical session on “Risk factor NCD & Computer injury” at College of Vocational Studies, Delhi University.
• Risk Factors for Non Communicable Diseases
• Screen Time
• Obesity
• Practical aspects to reduce Screen Time
• Cancer awareness & prevention Program for DEO/MTS /Housekeeping contractual staff
• Training on General Safety in Lab and Bio Medical Waste Management for MTS and Housekeeping contractual staff
• Day to day functioning of First Aid Wellness Centre at NCDC.
• Supported FETP in States of Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh and Kashmir.
• Supported preparation of articles for Newsletter, replies to Parliament questions, RTI, etc.

Expert Group meetings/Workshop

• Expert Group Meetings on CKD guidelines under NPCDCS
  • Additions and suggestions on the drafted CKD guidelines in reference to service delivery framework under NPCDCS.
• Expert Group Meeting on Computer injuries.
• Conflicts Resolution and Behavior Management (Team Building Workshop).
  • Expert Group Meetings to review the draft guidelines for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)/Asthma management under NPCDCS at NCDC.
  • Expert group meeting for identifying the gaps and areas of collaborations in the management and surveillance of Neuro-Developmental Disorders (NDD) under NMHP at NCDC.

Summer Internship Training conducted for students from

• Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan
• Galgotias University, Greater Noida

2015-18

• Projects by EIS officer in NCDs: Study on factors contributing to pre-hospital delay and hospital delay in acute coronary syndrome cases admitted to tertiary care centre (Safdarjang Hospital) - Delhi, October - December 2018.
• Internal review of NPCDCS in the initial 100 districts of Program implementation (2010-11), Nov 2015 - Feb 2016 (Ambala, Darjeeling, Rajkot, Hoshiarpur, Tuticorin, Bokaro, Dibrugarh, Imphal East, Shimoga, and Jaisalmer).
• Convened an expert group meeting for standardization of the Medical Officer training module and developed a training module for MO to roll out PBS for NCD under NPCDCS.

Capacity Building:

• Pretested and finalised the standardised training module for Medical officer to roll out population level screening for NCD under NPCDCS.
• Conducted National Level TOTs for medical officer to roll out Population Level Screening for NCD in 29 states and 4 UTs (148 master trainers trained).

National NCD Monitoring Survey 2017-18

• Centre for NCD, NCDC, Delhi was one of the implementing agency for the NNMS in seven northern states of India namely Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana and Punjab. The survey was done in 52 selected primary sampling units (PSU), Survey started on 23^rd Oct, 2017 and Data collection completed on 4^th March, 2018.

Experts Meeting and Special days

• World Health Day 2018

    [Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere]

    Technical session on:

• Universal Health Coverage: Progress under SDG
• Mental Health: Critical area under Universal Health coverage
• Technical session on Holistic Approach in Hypertension Management
• Yoga Day Celebration
• Expert Group Meeting to review draft guidelines on COPD & ASTHMA under NPCDCS Program.
• World Heart Day Technical session and poster making competition at Indraprastha College, Delhi University.
• World Stroke Day
• Meeting on screening and diagnosis protocol for COPD/ASTHMA at NCDC.

Current Research projects:

• Preparation of CD Alert on Fluorosis.
• Preparation of CD Alert on Iodine Deficiency Disorders.
• Preparation and reviewing the guidelines on Computer Injury & Awareness.
• Field testing of screening protocol for COPD / Asthma in collaboration with AIIMS at Ballabhgarh.
• Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) management under NPCDCS.

Publications /Guidelines:

• Experience and Challenges in Establishing Quarantine Facility for Suspected COVID-19 Cases. Garg S, Kumar A, Nale T, Verma N, Dhuria M, Jain SK, Kishore J, Singh SK.: Field Briefing. Epidem Int. 2021; 6(3): 1-8
• Guidelines for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)/Asthma management under NPCDCS.
• Training Module for Medical Officers for Prevention, Control and Population level Screening of Hypertension, Diabetes and Common Cancer (Oral, Breast and Cervical) under NPCDCS.
• IEC Material on PBS and NCDs released on 16th May 2017.
• CD Alert on Rheumatic Heart Disease
• CD Alert on Diabetes.
• “Assessment of Iodine in Salt Samples from North Delhi Schools” published in Journal of Communicable Diseases, Vol. 52, Issue – 3, 2020.
• National Non Communicable Disease Monitoring Survey (NNMS) in India: Estimating risk Factors prevalence in Adult population 3. Iodine is essential for health (स्वास्थ्यकेलिएआवश्यक है, आयोडीन), Vigyan Pragati.