| Indepth-Datasharing
(iSHARE) |
We, Vadu-India, Wosera-Papua New Guinea,
Kanchanaburi-Thailand, Magu-Tanzania, Dikgale-South
Africa and Agincourt-South Africa, All these sites
are the members of Indepth-Network. Data Sharing group
in Asia, Oceania and Africa will share a common interest
of sharing the demographic surveillance data for the
use by researchers all over the globe. At the same
time all sites are committed to share the data for
use by anyone from anywhere in the world.
Old Website :
wwww.indepth-datasharing.org
New Website(Under Construction) :
wwww.indepth-ishare.org |
| Influenza
Study |
| 'Population based surveillance of
seasonal Influenza in rural population of Western
India [Pune district]'. Over 500 nasal and oropharyngial
samples of secretions from people suffering from mild
to severe influenza will be collected per year for
three years. Study aims at looking at the incidence,
severity of cases and the strains of virus involved.
To increase the sensitivity of surveillance system
co-operation from private practitioners as well as
pharmacists will be sought. Sponsors: CDC Atalnata.
www.idbi-india.org |
| IMVAC |
| IMVAC- the Imperial College,
London, Vadu Rural Health Program (VRHP), a Div of
KEM Hospital Pune and Chest Research Foundation (CRF),
Pune joined hands to conduct a two year study on Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) in the Vadu
area coverings a population of about 78000 in the
22 villages of the VRHP area. |
| HIV-Ca Cervix Prevention Research
Program |
| A Consortium of Vanderbilt
University, ICMR, NARI, JN Medical College- Belgaum
and Vadu Rural Health Program is conducting this multi-centric
study regarding association of HIV-Ca Cervix and the
alternatives to diagnosing Ca Cervix early in resource
constrained settings. This study would involve 100
subjects from VRHP, 300 from Sassoon Hospital and
300 more from the JN Medical College. The multicentre
approach would enable the study to have more external
validity. First of it's kind study. |
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