India, US MoUs on health, biomedical sciences |
India has signed two important pacts with the US during the concluding session of the two-day 4th Indo-US Health Dialogue. The first MoU was signed between the Health Ministry of India and the Department of Health and Human Services of the US for cooperation in the field of Health and Biomedical Sciences. Another MoU was signed between Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) & National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for cooperation with the International Centre for Excellence in Research (ICER). During the two-day Dialogue issues related to strengthening of epidemiological research and surveillance, vaccine development, health systems and health policies were discussed. Indian Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said at the conference that India and the US are global partners, and need to collaborate in reforming the global health architecture, whose faultlines have become amply visible during the current pandemic. Equally important areas wherein both India and US can work relates to managing health emergencies, supporting digital health and innovation, mental health interventions, research coupled with production related to diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines, considering India offering its low-cost research network and huge production capacities.
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