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#EnvironmentalSurveillance #PathogenMonitoring, and #PublicHealthPreparedeness can prevent #pandemics! As COVID variants and #WasteWater positivity trend for #sarscov2 increases, follow our multi-city consortium surveillance for #COVID #antimicrobialresistance #MosquitoVectorsurveillance #dengue #influenza and other disease-causing pathogens at https://lnkd.in/dnEBuvaa #APSI-India, Alliance for Pathogen Surveillance Innovations, a multi-city consortium for environmental surveillance of disease-causing pathogens, funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, with partners across multiple cities in India: Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad and Delhi. National Centre for Biological Sciences, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory, Pune Knowledge Cluster, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Ashoka University, CSIR-IGIB #APSI-India #Engagement and #Outreach #PublicHealthPolicy #PublicHealthAdvocacy #TrainingMedicalPartners #2024forApsiIndia #Wastewatersurveillance #STPs #AMR #IndiaDiseasePreparedness #GovtOfIndiaHealth Surabhi Srivastava, APSI-India Program Lead| Sufia Sadaf, APSI-India Outreach Manager

Ever wonder how CDC scientists merge old-fashioned detective work with high-tech science to crack the cases of mystery diseases? Visit the David J. Sencer CDC Museum at CDC Headquarters with friends and family to take a look at the new exhibit that explores how communities are improving health outcomes across the United States. https://bit.ly/3P07WQL

🎊 🧪 We are thrilled to announce the launch of our collaborative program series, 'Science and Community: One Health series', Dec 20, 2024, through partners National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India and Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM), a part of the @National Council for Science Museum, @Ministry of Culture, supported by The Rockefeller Foundation-Alliance for Pathogens Surveillance Innovations APSI-India as part of the ongoing exhibit "Vaccine-Injecting hope" at VITM. 📢 Through this program series, we are interfacing the community with experts in the One Health field, through interactive talks, community engagement, curated hands-on activities, films and exhibits for schools, teachers, colleges and various organizations. Dec 20, 2024: We aim to widen the outreach and knowledge sharing through community interactions with experts, talks and curated hands-on activities and exhibits, by including schools, teachers, college students, NGOs, and various organizations: bridging gaps between science and society, initiating dialog and deliberations around public health, awareness and collaborations. The program series will use the various creative modes of science outreach to share the concepts of pathogen surveillance and its role in mitigating/reducing disease-burden, novel pathogen surveillance strategies, through a one-health approach, i.e., the interconnectedness of human health, animal and environment, and long-term impact of community participation towards better one-health equilibrium. 🔎 This program series will include one expert talk biweekly and curated hands-on activities and exhibits to bring the science of public health, animal health and environmental surveillance, via the One Health kaleidoscope to the society, as part of the Public Outreach under The Rockefeller Foundation-APSI-India program. The prelaunch was held on Nov 12, 2024 read here for more info https://lnkd.in/gimqXS9Q LS SHASHIDHARA| Rakesh Mishra| Mansi Malik,Ph.D| Shivranjani Moharir| Dr. Sufia Sadaf (Ph.D.)| Jyoti Mehra| Sajoo Bhaskaran| Dr Shivasharanappa Nayakvadi| Dr. Sindhulina Chandrasingh| @Dr. J Srinivasan IISc Chase India| Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR))| National Centre for Disease Control

Congratulations, Dr. Mansi Malik,Ph.D!!! #Clinicalsurveillance #moleculardiagnosticapproaches #APSI

#APSI-India #Bangalore #Outreach: The 6th #AMRFrontline workshop for medical students, supported by The Rockefeller Foundation-APSI-India, led by Superheroes Against Superbugs, with National Centre for Biological Sciences| Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India in collaboration with Dept of Medical Education, Govt of Karnataka, was held in Mysore, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, JSS Medical College, December 4th, 2024! We are grateful to all the mentors, partners, volunteers and students to make these workshops a success, for impactful and long-term engagement towards mitigating #AMR Stay tuned for updates! Team: Sathya Srinivasachari| Ponnari Gottipati| Tehzib Saiyed #APSI mentor: Dr. Shivranjani Moharir, Senior Scientist, TIGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LS SHASHIDHARA| Rakesh Mishra| Dr. Sufia Sadaf (Ph.D.)

#APSI #Bangalore #Outreach: The AMRFrontline workshop for final year medical students, supported by The Rockefeller Foundation-APSI-India, and led by Superheroes Against Superbugs, with National Centre for Biological Sciences| Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India in collaboration with Dept of Medical Education, Govt of Karnataka, was held at Mysore Medical college on Nov 27 and brought on enthusiastic participation! Through engaging expert talks by Dr. Sukanya R, Dr. Akshay HM and Dr. Mansi Mallik, interactive sessions, quiz and games, the concepts of antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic policies, safe prescription practices and antibiotic stewardship were shared, sensitizing the audience about the need to mitigate #AMR, an urgent public health threat. #APSI-India #Bangalore mentor, Dr. Mansi Malik,Ph.D, discussed the novel strategies for diagnostic purposes, for accurate and timely detection of #AMR at affordable pricing, via RT-PCR. #APSI-India's public health surveillance strategies focus on developing low-cost, robust indigenized assays for timely detection of pathogens to help mediate public health management and actionable policies, mitigating the disease-burden. With these #educational workshops, the medical fraternity is trained to be #future-ready and be the ambassadors for #AMRawareness, #infectionpreventionandcontrol and bridge the gap between #researchscience, #medicalcare #publichealth and #community Way to go team! Sathya Srinivasachari| Ponnari Gottipati| Tehzib Saiyed Chase India| Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)| National Centre for Disease Control ---------------------------------------------------------------------- #APSI-Bangalore: LS SHASHIDHARA| Rakesh Mishra| Dr. Sufia Sadaf (Ph.D.)

Weekly #EventBasedSurveillance | India #Seasonal illnesses are surging across #India, from #dengue and #malaria to viral fevers. In #Delhi, dengue cases have reached 4,533, with 728 malaria and 172 chikungunya cases reported as of Nov 9. #Haryana's dengue cases are also high (4,329), notably in Hisar and Kurukshetra. #Ahmedabad has seen 780 malaria and 2,078 dengue cases this year, alongside an increase in viral fevers, with over 1,200 cold cases and 800 fevers daily this month. In #TamilNadu, post-rain infections like influenza and leptospirosis are on the rise, especially affecting children. Read here: https://lnkd.in/gj4MBy7k Government actions are underway to curb the disease outbreaks in various cities. Municipal corporations in #UttarPradesh are ramping up fogging operations and public information drives, while health officials in Tamil Nadu are advising residents to maintain strict hygiene, wear masks, and limit outdoor activities if unwell. In Delhi, officials inspected over 2.7 million homes, issued 156,000 legal notices, and increased insecticide spraying. Haryana has set up dedicated dengue wards and is conducting daily health checks. AMC in Ahmedabad has collected water samples to ensure safety and track infection sources.  Read here: https://lnkd.in/gk8VXcTS Cities are seeing a steep rise in #viralfever, which is largely attributed to seasonal #weather shifts from rains to warmer temperatures, increased travel, and gatherings post-festivals. #Health authorities recommend regular #handwashing, avoiding street foods, and using #mosquito repellents and masks in crowded places. Prompt medical attention is also advised, as delays in managing some viral fevers can lead to worsened symptoms. Early treatment can prevent complications. Read here: https://lnkd.in/gRYpSMXf

#APSI-India #Pune: #Publicationalert!! 🔎 The power of #WBE #wastewaterbasedepidemiology for detecting viral pathogens, viral pathogen loads, trends and #publichealthaction for interventions has been shown through #WBE #wastewatersurveillance #WWS during the Covid-19 outbreak, #polio studies during early 90s, but such end-to-end studies, in conjunction with publichealth action and policy implementations are few. 🔬 🧪 Furthering this approach, in their recent publication, Mahesh Dharne and teams National Chemical Laboratory, Pune Knowledge Cluster, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Ecosan Services Foundation, India, FLUID ANALYTICS, INC and Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research have carried out end-to-end 2 year (Jan 2022-Dec 2023) longituidinal study by using #WBE for wastewater surveillance of viral pathogens (influenza H1N1, H3N2, RSV and SARS-CoV-2) from 11 sewershed sites across Pune city. The study was supported by The Rockefeller Foundation-APSI-India. 😷 These viral pathogens cause respiratory illnesses inlcuding fever, sore throat, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, or severe symptoms resulting in hospitalization or death, calling for effective pre-emptive measures for health management measures to minimize health burden. During and after the Covid-19 pandemic, #WBE wastewatersurveillance for monitoring pathogens has started to gain traction globally and in India, with various #APSI-India research teams involved in longitudinal studies. For this study, the teams used samples from sewershed sites on a weekly basis, to extract the RNA fragments, amplify the nucleic acid and analysis for viral load via reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis, and correlating with #clinicallypositive cases. These results were submitted to Pune Public health departments, and interestingly, health preventive measures correlated with a drop in viral pathogens. This study is a great step to highlight the robust impact of wastewater based epidemiology and surveillance of pathogens, as well as routine monitoring and public health preventive actions for management as a concerted effort from all involved #ResearchScientists #Clinicians #groundhealthworkers #municipalorganizations #govt #publichealthauthorities #publichealthpolicies #WBE #WWS #APSIoutreach #routineimplementation #diseasepreparedness Congratulations, team!!!! 🎊 Rinka Sanatan Pramanik| Kiran Nannaware| LS SHASHIDHARA| Priyanki Shah| Poornima Sangewar| Niharika Gogate| sanjay Kamble| Syed Dastager| Asim R. Bhalerao| @Nidhi jain FAPL | Radhika Boargaonkar| Dhawal Patil| @Vinita malik NCL Chase India| National Centre for Disease Control| Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Rakesh Mishra| Aruna Panda| Dr. Sufia Sadaf (Ph.D.) 🖇️ Full article here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://lnkd.in/g2BXXbt2 🌐 For #APSI-ongoing efforts, visit https://lnkd.in/dnEBuvaa https://lnkd.in/gF7RD3UY

#APSI-India #Bangalore #Outreach: The #AMRFrontline workshop for #medicalstudents goes to #Mysore!! This November 27, 2024, the 5th workshop through the Superheroes Against Superbugs| National Centre for Biological Sciences| Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India supported by The Rockefeller Foundation-APSI-India in collaboration with Dept of Medical Education, Government of Karnataka is being held at Mysore Medical College & Research Institute (MMC&RI), with expert talks and interactive educational games for #AMRawareness #mitigateAMR, with discussions about #novelAMRsurveillance methods, #infectionpreventioncontrol #antibioticpolicies #AMRstewardship #communityengagement #AMRoutreach. #APSI-mentor: Dr. Mansi Malik,Ph.D, Scientist, Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India Core team: Sathya Srinivasachari| Ponnari Gottipati| Tehzib Saiyed Great going, team!!!! Watch out for this space for more details to come! #BangaloreOutreach LS SHASHIDHARA| Rakesh Mishra| Dr. Sufia Sadaf (Ph.D.)

A great article written by Sarah Hyder Iqbal #AMR #mitigation #awareness #outreach