About the Project / Scheme

Directorate of Health Services Govt. of Maharashtra State implemented the Operational Research Project (ORP) with the financial aid from USAID and technical support by WHO. The project was designed for involvement of the private health sector and medical colleges in disease surveillance and laboratory strengthening.

For involvement of private health sector Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and Karad city were selected. For the involvement of medical college, B J Medical College and Karad Institute of Medical sciences were selected.

For the laboratory-strengthening, establishment of the Regional Reference Center for Leptospirosis at Department of microbiology, B. J. Medical College Pune, participation of Public Health Laboratories in External Quality Assurance Scheme (EQAS), and Internal Quality Control (IQC) Programme as well as promotion of rapid diagnostic kits (RDK) in public health laboratories have been undertaken.. Computer training to the public health officials was also included in this project.