COHORT STUDY
To conduct “Hospital based cohort studies” with the following objectives:
TRAINING FOR CLINICIAN & PARAMEDICAL STAFF
To develop curricula for the clinical diagnosis and management of viral hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer to train clinicians and specialists under two broad categories:
TRAINING FOR MICROBIOLOGIST AND LAB TECHNICIAN
To develop training manual and SOPs for lab diagnosis of viral hepatitis (A-E) to train microbiologists and Lab technicians
OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
To plan and conduct an operational research to develop a working service delivery model for viral hepatitis