Indo-Swiss Symposium on Cohorts and Biobanks with special reference to chronic non-communicable diseases.

The article discusses the Indo-Swiss symposium on cohorts and biobanks with special reference to chronic non-communicable diseases, organized at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Trivandrum, India from January 27-28, 2012. It mentions that it was sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and aims to review Indian and Swiss approach to manage cohorts and clarify cross-cutting implications for cohort planning in India and Switzerland.