Outbreaks of infectious diseases have been on the rise in Pune, a city with diverse and fluctuating communities with differential access to nutrition and healthcare. Under the Health vertical, PKC proposed to establish collaborations to aid in understanding the prevalence of infectious diseases using vector dynamics and viral epidemics. Data will be collected at city-level and analyzed to understand its correlation with outbreaks and design better preventive measures the outbreaks and design better preventive measures.
Dengue Policy Brief
This brief summarizes our learnings about disease burden, management, challenges and provides suggestions that could enable building a robust surveillance system for such diseases.
Mapping of Dengue Incidence in Hospitals in Pune City
This study is being done to estimate disease incidence in the city to predict true disease spread and support in building a surveillance system for dengue and dengue-like diseases. The study sites are BJ Government Medical College & Noble Hospitals and Research Centre.
Sero-Survey
A community-based cohort study to determine the persistence of Dengue antibodies in rural areas of Pune.
Dengue Genome Surveillance
Dengue virus genome sequencing will help in understanding the molecular changes within the virus to further deduce the spread and extent of the disease during the annual spur of Dengue cases.
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