India, US collaboration to tackle Covid-19 |
India`s Minister Of State for Health Minister Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar has highlighted the mutual solidarity and relentless support between India and the US during the Covid-19 pandemic. She was speaking at the inaugural session of the 4th Indo-US Health Dialogue. The two-day Dialogue will be leveraged as a platform to deliberate upon multiple ongoing collaborations in the health sector between the two countries. The issues planned for deliberations in this round also encompass areas of concern pertaining to strengthening of epidemiological research and surveillance, vaccine development, One Health, zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, health systems and health policies, etc. She commended enhanced bilateral collaboration in research and development, especially with respect to pharmaceuticals, therapeutics, and vaccine development, which could be seen in Indian vaccine companies collaborating with US-based agencies to develop the COVID-19 vaccine. The Minister said an MoUs was signed in 2020 on Mental Health. Another MoU between the two countries in the health sector has been finalized, with major areas of cooperation covering issues like Health Safety and Security; Communicable Diseases & Non-Communicable Diseases; Health Systems; and Health Policy.
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