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To advise the Federal Government on the control
of diseases by suitable methods |
| 2 |
To implement all the schemes and proposals
approved by the Federal Government for it |
| 3 |
To investigate epidemics and other communicable
diseases and to conduct research on these
problems using modern techniques and achieve
excellence in this behalf and to collaborate
with other concerned agencies under the Federal
Government or the provincial Governments |
| 4 |
To develop methodology and standardize
techniques for the investigation of various
diseases prevalent in the country. |
| 5 |
To dissipate these techniques to the people
working in the profession by holding training
courses |
| 6 |
To develop an Institute of Tropical Diseases for
Research and Training |
| 7 |
To function as National Type Culture Collection
Centre (NTCC) |
| 8 |
To develop a National Virus Reference Center |
| 9 |
To conduct research and training in community
medicine and health services development |
| 10 |
To
control environment with special reference to
air, water & food pollution |
| 11 |
To
analyze and test the quality of drugs and act as
the laboratory for the purpose of sub-section
(5) of section 22 of the Drugs Act, 1976 (XXXI
of 1976) |
| 12 |
To function as sole producer of vaccines and
sera for prophylactic and therapeutic use and
acquire capability of meeting domestic and
foreign demands |
| 13 |
To conduct research on traditional system of
medicine and to collaborate with the
international agencies |
| 14 |
To impart training in drug analysis |
| 15 |
To collaborate with the WHO in quality control
of drugs |
| 16 |
To conduct research on applied nutrition like
Clinical Nutrition and food analysis and
undertake nutrition education programs. |
| 17 |
To advise the Federal Govt. in developing food
standards and pure food laws in collaboration
with the international agencies like the WHO and
the FAO |
| 18 |
To train medical laboratory technicians and
technologists |
| 19 |
To undertake repair and maintenance of
sophisticated electro-medical equipment for
other institutions on agreed terms and
conditions
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| 20 |
To function as a source of supply of small
laboratory animals for use in research and other
fields on agreed terms and conditions |
| 21 |
To perform such other functions related to the
matters aforesaid as the Board may decide with
the approval of the Federal Government. |
| 22 |
The Institute may, with the approval of the
Federal Government, on behalf of a Provincial
Government perform functions relating to
research and investigation on health problems on
such terms and conditions which may be agreed
upon between the Institute and such Government.
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