NATIONAL VECTOR BORNE DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMME

. In an effort to strengthen research on malaria and to meet the threat posed by resurgence of malaria, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) established Malaria Research Centre (MRC) in 1977. This institute works exclusively on malaria. MRC's mandate is to provide technical support to the National Programme in the control of malaria. The Centre focuses its research activities on vector biology and control; genetics, cellular and molecular biology; parasitology; biochemistry; pharmacology and epidemiology. Malaria Research Centre has 12 field stations in different parts of the country. MRC through its field stations evaluates new insecticides & diagnostic kits, conducts drug trials and monitors resistance to insecticides in vectors and to drugs in parasites. In addition to Malaria Research Centre there are four other Institutes of ICMR, Vector Control Research Centre, Pondicherry; Regional Medical Research Centre in Jabalpur, Madya Pradesh; Dibrugarh, (Assam) and Bhubaneswar,..