Research Projects – SOMAARTH-DDESS, Aurangabad, Palwal

Objective	SOMAARTH GIS is envisaged as a platform for studying environmental exposures integrated in to large cohorts. Some of its specific objectives are: 1. To conduct real time mapping of environmental risk conditions and establish contextual pathways associated with various communicable and non communicable diseases 2. To document impacts of changing environment on health and economy of people 3. To innovate evidence based environmental and behavioural interventions for prevention and control of diseases
Location	Palwal District, Haryana, India
Timeline	2011 – ..
Methods	Initiated in April 2011 – ongoing longitudinal environmental surveillance Longitudinal Environmental Measurement
Expected Outcomes	GIS integrated SOMAARTH surveillance will provide platform for conducting multidisciplinary health research and training to gain in depth understanding on environmental components of diverse health issues.
Principal Investigator	Dr. Shikha Dixit
Co-Principal Investigator	Dr. N.K. Arora Dr. Atiqur Rehman Dr. Mark Daniel
Implementation Team