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at the policy level. The e-Newsletter aims to be a handy guide to scientists, researchers, and scholars, especially those who are interested in knowing various aspects of COVID-19 and contributing to the coronavirus warfare.
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National Clinical Registry for COVID-19 (NCRC) being built up
under the guidance of MoHFW
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi have launched
a National Clinical Registry for COVID-19 (NCRC). It is primarily developed to collect
data regarding clinical and laboratory features, treatments, and outcomes of hospitalised COVID-19 patients in India. This registry is also being analysed and used to study the frequency, clinical and laboratory features, treatments, and outcomes of COVID-19-related multisystem inflammatory disorder in children and adolescents. The secondary objective of this registry is to utilise data to answer research questions on COVID-19, including natural course of the disease, spectrum of disease, prognostic factors, outcomes data, medications, health systems and context-specific questions such as COVID-19 in Tuberculosis, Malnutrition etc. Further, the registry would serve as a platform for additional clinical research studies in selected sites and collect follow-up data of discharged COVID-19 patients, if possible. The registry followed a hub-and-spoke model with primary data being collected in the electronic data capture form by satellite centres (dedicated COVID-19 hospitals) which are being trained, mentored, and supervised by medical institutes of national repute chosen region-wise. Data management including development of the electronic data capture form is being done by ICMR-National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS). It has been ruled out in phase manner for the duration of a year.
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https://www.icmr.gov.in/tab1ar1.html
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NATION’S S&T EFFORTS AGAINST COVID-19