{"id":49275,"date":"2025-06-03T18:22:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T12:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=49275"},"modified":"2025-06-05T10:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T05:01:03","slug":"national-centre-for-disease-informatics-and-research-ncdir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-centre-for-disease-informatics-and-research-ncdir\/","title":{"rendered":"National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Public Primary Health Centres (PHCs) are better prepared for diabetes and hypertension care than Sub-Centres, Community Health Centres (CHCs), and Sub-District Hospitals, a study undertaken by the National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (ICMR-NCDIR), Bengaluru, has found.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>About National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a permanent\u00a0<strong>institute of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)<\/strong>, an autonomous organization under the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health &amp; Family Welfare, Government of India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location: Bengaluru,<\/strong>\u00a0Karnataka<\/li>\n<li>It is one of its kind of unique institutions which\u00a0<strong>utilizes information science for health research\u00a0<\/strong>as its integral component.<\/li>\n<li>The main broad and overall\u00a0<strong>objective\u00a0<\/strong>of the centre is\u00a0<strong>to sustain and develop a national research database on cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular Diseases (CVD), and stroke through recent advances in electronic information technology<\/strong>\u00a0with a national collaborative network\u00a0<strong>so as to undertake\u00a0<\/strong>aetiological, epidemiological, clinical, and control\u00a0<strong>research in these areas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The centre closely\u00a0<strong>works with the Ministry of Health<\/strong>, Government of India, and other\u00a0<strong>Central\/State Government<\/strong>\u00a0or other\u00a0<strong>agencies to provide<\/strong>\u00a0or plan to provide\u00a0<strong>baseline information\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>technically help in designing, monitoring, and evaluating control programmes\u00a0<\/strong>and activities.<\/li>\n<li>The centre encourages and\u00a0<strong>extends technical support to all Central\/Regional\/State medical institutions and medical colleges,non-governmental or private centres for\u00a0<\/strong>constituting and<strong>\u00a0establishing data collection<\/strong>\u00a0(on cancer, CVD, diabetes, and stroke) in their institutions along internationally acceptable and nationally adaptable formats and standards.\u00a0<strong>Use of the internet and electronic information networking<\/strong>\u00a0will be a regular feature.<\/li>\n<li>The centre plan, innovates and\u00a0<strong>integrates recent advances in\u00a0<\/strong>communicationsand electronic information\u00a0<strong>technology to develop<\/strong>\u00a0the emerging field of\u00a0<strong>health\/disease informatics<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>develop software modules for data capture, checking, and analysis.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong>\u00a0The National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR) is a permanent institute under which organization?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong>\u00a0Where is the National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research located?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Bengaluru<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong>\u00a0What is the main objective of the NCDIR?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0To sustain and develop a national research database on cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular Diseases (CVD), and stroke.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/health-facilities-are-still-not-functioning-at-full-capacity-to-manage-diabetes-and-hypertension-study-finds\/article69648939.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR) is one of its kind of unique institutions which utilizes information science for health research as its integral 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