International Vaccine Institute (IVI)
International Vaccine Institute (IVI)
Paving the way for the control of Cholera and Typhoid fever in Kolkata - A research project report of the NICED-IVI collaboration
Posted on 13 Nov, 2010 08:43 AMThis collaborative research work between National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata and International Vaccine Institute (IVI), Seoul under the Diseases of the Most Impoverished (DOMI) Program, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aims to give useful information for the prevention and control of typhoid fever and cholera. The aim is to accelerate the introduction of new generation vaccines against cholera, shigellosis, and typhoid fever, through research and capacity-building.
The burden of cholera in the slums of Kolkata - A community based study by NICED
Posted on 12 Nov, 2010 12:29 AMThis paper by National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) is based on a prospective, community based study in an impoverished urban site in Kolkata in order to measure the burden of cholera, describe its epidemiology, and search for potential risk factors that could be addressed by public health strategies. The study population was enumerated at the beginning and end of the study period. Surveillance through five field outposts and two referral hospitals for acute, watery, non-bloody diarrhoea was conducted from May 2003 to April 2004.