A unique partnership between the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Kerala, National health Mission Kerala, CSIR Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB) and various clinical and public health centers in Kerala aimed at providing insights into the genetic epidemiology of COVID-19 in Kerala
An initiative of Public Health relevance involving 12 Govt Medical CollegesState Public Health & Regional LaboratoriesInter-University Centre for Biomedical ResearchCentral University of Kerala& 14 District Surveillance Units
Department of Health & family WelfareGovt of Kerala
National Health Mission Kerala
CSIR Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB)
Funding:The initial pilot programme was funded by CSIR-India, The state-wide programme for initial part of 4500 genomes was co-funded by the Government of Kerala through NHM and CSIR India. Further continued sequencing was funded through the INSACOG programme.