Centre for Chronic Disease Control

Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) is a non-profit organization recognized by the Government of India, established in 2000, working to reduce the burden of chronic diseases in India and low- and middle-income countries.^[2] It is a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for surveillance, capacity building, and translational research ^[3] in cardio-metabolic diseases and an Indian Council of Medical Research collaborating centre for excellence in recognition of commendable achievements in biomedical research.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Centre for Chronic Disease Control

Founded	2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Headquarters	India
Key people	Prof. D. Prabhakaran (Executive Director)[1]
Website	https://ccdcindia.org/

Collaborations

CCDC has collaborated with many national and international organizations, some of them are as follows:

• World Health Organization^[3]
• All India Institutes of Medical Sciences
• Indian Council for Medical Research^[9]
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• Imperial College, London
• Emory University
• India Health Fund
• Ashoka University

Work and Impact

CCDC has conducted around 100 research projects, 15 clinical trials, published more than 700 works and impacted more than 1 million people. It has trained a vast range of specialists over the years.^[6] CCDC has been actively identifying and developing innovative solutions to ensure equity in digital healthcare.^[5] It is improving the quality and access to specialist healthcare for marginalized populations living in remote areas, employing innovative digital solutions. It is improving the quality and access to specialist healthcare for marginalized populations living in remote areas, employing innovative digital solutions.^[7][4][10]

Awards and Achievements

• Awarded Grant from Indian Council for Medical Research to establish Centre For Advanced Research.^[9]
• Commendable Faculty Award to Prof. D. Prabhakaran (Executive Director CCDC) by Career 360.
• Claude Lenfant Excellence Award to Prof. D. Prabhakaran (Executive Director CCDC) by the World Hypertension League.
• Recognised as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
• Recognised as a Centre of Excellence in Clinical Research by the Clinical Development Service Agency, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India

Notable people

• Dorairaj Prabhakaran, scientist, cardiologist, author, researcher and CCDC director^[11]

References

1. Yadavar, Swagata (1 November 2023). "Air pollution raises risk of type 2 diabetes, says landmark Indian study". The Guardian.
2. "Challenges in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of chronic diseases are plentiful in India: Prof. (Dr) D. Prabhakaran, Executive Director, CCDC". Financialexpress. 16 February 2024.
3. "WHOCC - WHO Collaborating Centres". apps.who.int.
4. "More than half of 20-year-olds in India's metros likely to develop diabetes in lifetime: Study". The Indian Express. 24 November 2020.
5. "Arsenic-contaminated water may cause gallbladder cancer: Study". The Times of India. 13 January 2023.
6. Pioneer, The. "University of Patanjali to host international conference on naturopathy". The Pioneer.
7. "World Diabetes Day 2023: Is air pollution behind spike in diabetes in India?". Firstpost. 14 November 2023.
8. "Eldis". www.eldis.org.
9. "ICMR provides grant to establish Centre for Advanced Research for rural healthcare transformation". www.biospectrumindia.com.
10. "The Public Health Foundation of India & the Centre for Chronic Disease Control". HBNU Fogarty Global Health Training Program. 8 August 2019.
11. Kaudlay, Dr Praveen Kumar. "SCD is not all that sudden". Deccan Herald.