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The Fourth All-Cluster Rockefeller Foundation-Alliance for Pathogen Surveillance Innovations (RF-APSI)-India Consortium Meet

Rockefeller Foundation Meet

The 4th All-Cluster RF-APSI meeting was held on September 27th and 28th at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Pune. Consortium members from Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad and Bengaluru discussed standard operating procedures developed through their work in environmental and clinical surveillance to detect pathogens of public health concern. The importance of handing over these protocols to institutions overseeing disease surveillance programs in India was discussed. Procedures stated in the protocols could be used by local, state and national agencies to implement sustainable surveillance programs in the country. The significance of development of indigenous, low-cost diagnostic kits to detect pathogens through environmental surveillance was discussed by several partnering organizations. Clinicians from B.J Medical College in Pune discussed the critical need for dengue surveillance in the region. The meeting ended with a positive note to further collaborate with public health agencies in India to translate surveillance work conducted by consortium members into the public health system to prevent spread of infectious diseases.


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