NVBDCP History

Hello sir, here I came for to get detail for the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme. Is there any one can show me history of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme?

The National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme is introducing by The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is an Indian government ministry charged with health policy in India.

The National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme is the national level Technical Nodal office equipped with Technical Experts in the field of Public Health, Entomology, Toxicology and parasitology aspects of malaria.

Its District Malaria Offices have been established under District Chief Medical and Health Offices by the states.

There are 22,975 Primary Health Centres functioning in the country. Further, at the peripheral level, there are 1,37,271 Sub-centres.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) established Malaria Research Centre (MRC) in 1977.

Diseases:

Malaria
Dengue
Filaria
Kala-azar
Japanese Encephalitis
Chikungunya

Contact to:

Directorate Of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP)
22, Sham Nath Marg, Delhi - 110054
Phone # 91–011–23967745, 23967780
Fax # 91-011-23968329

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