Kant and Krishnan BMC Public Health 2010, 10(Suppl 1):S11 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/S1/S11 Surveillance Project; ISRO, Indian Space Research Organization; NCDC, National Centre for Disease Control; NIC, National Informatics Centre; PHEIC, Public Health Emergencies of International Concern; SIT, Satellite Interactive Terminals; WHO, World Health Organization; IHR, International Health Regulations. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Authors’ contributions LK: developed the concept, drafted and finalized the manuscript. SKK: provided information, revised the manuscript. Both authors read and approved the manuscript. Acknowledgements Dr. RL Ichhpujani, Acting Director, National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi and Dr. Jagveer Singh, Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) for providing updated information on the IDSP. No funding was obtained in preparation of the manuscript. This article has been published as part of BMC Public Health Volume 10 Supplement 1, 2010: Disease surveillance, capacity building and implementation of the International Health Regulations [IHR(2005)]. The full contents of the supplement are available online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10?issue=S1. Author details 1Division of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India. 2WHO Country Office for India, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi 110011, India. Page 4 of 4 Published: 3 December 2010 References 1. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency, USA. [https://www.cia.gov/ library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html] 2. National Rural Health Mission. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Government of India. [http://mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/State_Profile.htm] 3. Silveir DM: India Book. Goa, India, page 61, Classic Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 1994-95. 4. Prasad MN, Mithilesh M, Rao GVR: Public Health Surveillance in India – Challenges and Opportunities. Indian Emergency Journal 2010, 5:21-26. 5. Sharma Rajeev, Luthra Pallavi, Karad Amit, Dhariwal AC, Ichhpujani RL, Lal Shiv: Role of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Disease Surveillance under Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP). J Commun Dis 2010, 42: 101-110. 6. Central Surveillance Unit, National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Progress Report Integrated Disease Surveillance Project India. Jan-June 2009. 7. Registrar of Newspapers for India. Government of India. [https://rni.nic.in/] 8. Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report for the Quarter ending March 2010. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Press Release No. 32/2010). [www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/.../744/ qpressrelease22jul.pdf ] 9. Mishra S, Ganapathy K. Bedi BS: The current status of e-Health initiatives in India. In: Presentations made at making the e-Health connection: 13 July – 3 August, 2008 Bellagio, Italy [http://tuehelth-connection.org/ presentatieses-pdf ] doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-S1-S11 Cite this article as: Kant L, Krishnan SK: Information and communication technology in disease surveillance, India: a case study. BMC Public Health 2010, 10(Suppl 1):S11.