{"id":76665,"date":"2025-12-06T13:49:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T08:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=76665"},"modified":"2025-12-06T15:08:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T09:38:43","slug":"centre-for-chronic-disease-control-ccdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/centre-for-chronic-disease-control-ccdc\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Centre for Chronic Disease Control Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new study by the Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) for the first time concurrently estimated the daily salt and iodine consumption levels of the adult population in India and examined the effect of the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended salt intake levels on iodine levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Centre for Chronic Disease Control\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Established in 2000, CCDC is an <\/span><b>independent, not-for-profit, biomedical research organization based in New Delhi.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It aims to <\/span><b>reduce the burden of chronic diseases in India and low- and middle-income countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through <\/span><b>surveillance, capacity building, and translational research i<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n <\/span><b>cardio-metabolic diseases.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Scientific &amp; Industrial Research Organization recognized by <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Department of Scientific &amp; Industrial Research, <\/span><b>Ministry of Science and Technology, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been designated as a <\/span><b>WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance, Capacity Building, and Translational Research in Cardio-Metabolic Diseases.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, CCDC received the <\/span><b>recognition of a collaborating Centre of Excellence (CoE) by the Indian Council of Medical Research.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also holds registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CCDC u<\/span><b>ndertakes clinical research<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with special e<\/span><b>mphasis on chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD).\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within the spectrum of chronic diseases, CCDC\u2019s main <\/span><b>focus areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are: <\/span><b>cardiology, diabetes and metabolic disease, vascular diseases, cancers, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>mental health.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, <\/span><b>basic science research in diet\/nutrition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>cardiac biochemistry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are also carried out.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/business\/study-by-indian-body-center-for-chronic-disease-control-reiterates-link-between-lower-salt-intake-and-reduced-hypertension-amp-cardiovascular-disease20251205104947\/?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ANI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centre for Chronic Disease Control is an independent, not-for-profit, biomedical research organization based in New Delhi. 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