DTE Webinar: Mysterious Diseases
The failure of disease surveillance in India
Monday, July 27, 2020 I 2.00 to 3.30 PM India Time
Every year, unnamed and unidentified diseases put hundreds of people at risk in India. This is despite an elaborate system for disease surveillance in the country. Can we afford to be complacent in the face of this onslaught of emerging and re-emerging diseases—many of them novel zoonotics?
Join us for a discussion on mysterious diseases, their surveillance and how it works.
For any other details, please contact:
Sukanya Nair of The CSE Media Resource Centre, sukanya.nair@cseindia.org, 8816818864.
| Press Release | |
| New Delhi, July 27, 2020 Mystery diseases grip India, but surveillance is almost non-existent – finds new Down To Earth investigation |
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| Webinar recording | |
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| The mystery behind mysterious diseases By: Vibha Varshney, Associate Editor, Down To Earth |
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| Demystifying a Mysterious Disease By: Vipin M. Vashishtha, MD, FIAP Consultant Pediatrician, Mangla Hospital & Research Center, Bijnor |
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| “MYSTERIOUS” Disease Outbreaks A Symptom of Sick Disease Surveillance system By: Dr. Rajan R Patil Epidemiologist. Associate Professor, school of Public Health, SRM University, Chennai |
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| DTE: Cover story | |
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STILL A MYSTERY Annual tryst with unknown disease outbreaks once again highlights India’s defunct health surveillance system |
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SUNITA NARAIN director general, CSE, New Delhi |
| Speaker | |
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VIBHA VARSHNEY associate editor, Down To Earth |
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DR VIPIN VASHISHTHA paediatrician, Mangla Hospital, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh |
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DR RAJAN R PATIL associate professor, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, SRM University, Tamil Nadu |
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DR RAJIB DASGUPTA professor, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi |
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