Access
This article is part of Nature's premium content.
Published online 17 August 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.825
News: Q&A
India upgrades its disease surveillance network
Microbiologist Udaiveer Rana talks about the country's revamped disease institute.
On 30 July, India allocated 5.1 billion rupees (US$110 million) over three years to convert its 100-year-old communicable diseases institute in New Delhi into the Indian equivalent of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia.
To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
Comments
Reader comments are usually moderated after posting. If you find something offensive or inappropriate, you can speed this process by clicking 'Report this comment' (or, if that doesn't work for you, email webadmin@nature.com). For more controversial topics, we reserve the right to moderate before comments are published.
There are currently no comments.
