National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

Subject – Governance

Concept –

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), formerly National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), had its origin as the Central Malaria Bureau, established at Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh) in 1909.
NICD was transformed into the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with a larger mandate of controlling emerging and re-emerging diseases in 2009.
It functions as the nodal agency in the country for disease surveillance facilitating prevention and control of communicable diseases.
It is also a national level institute for training specialized manpower for public health, laboratory sciences and entomological services and is involved in various applied research activities.
The Institute is under administrative control of the Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The Institute has its headquarters in Delhi.