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| About Us |
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| History |
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| The South Asia Network for Chronic Disease (SANCD) |
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| South Asia Network for Chronic Disease in India is a collaborative venture between the Public Health Foundation (PHFI) of India and constituent colleges of the Wellcome Trust Bloomsbury Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine. The Wellcome Trust is UK's largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research. The Trust has awarded a £4.5 Million grant to London School of Hygiene and PHFI for setting up a Network for Chronic Disease based in New Delhi over the next five years. The Network comprises of existing research groups based in Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Chennai and Pondicherry in India; at ICCDR,B in Dhaka, Bangladesh and at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan and Institute of Research and Development in Sri Lanka |
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| The Need for Setting up the Centre |
| Chronic diseases which include asthma, cancer, chronic bronchitis, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, eye disorders, injury and mental health and obesity account for more than two-thirds of the global burden of disease and are the leading cause of mortality in South Asia. In the face of rapid population ageing in the region, this burden is projected to increase dramatically in the next two decades. The economic consequences of chronic diseases are also a large and growing drain on resources in developing countries. We know much about prevention and control chronic diseases from evidence derived from the west but we know very little in the South Asian context about how to disseminate this knowledge effectively, which interventions we should put into practice, or how best to implement the public health and health service interventions that will make the most difference. Without research to guide action it is likely that inefficient and often exploitative health care systems will not reduce related risk factors, morbidity and mortality. The network will aim to build international quality research capacity in the field of epidemiology, genetic epidemiology and nutrition and health promotion. It also aims to harness scientific talent within the region, produce the breakthrough in knowledge needed to make real differences to health policy and practice, and ultimately contribute to reducing chronic disease burdens in South Asia. |
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