Project Aims

• To establish a decentralized state based system of surveillance for communicable & non-communicable diseases, so that timely & effective public health challenges in the country at the state and national level.
• To improve the efficiency of the existing surveillance activities of disease control programs & facilitate sharing of relevant information with the health administration, community & other stakeholders so as to detect disease trends over time & evaluate control strategies.

In the State of Meghalaya:In the State of Meghalaya, the Project Implementation Plan (PIP) was prepared and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) made on the 23rd March 2006 between the Government of India and the State of Meghalaya, following which implementation of the Project started in April 2006.