India and the United States renew commitment for Joint Collaboration on Health

Sep 28, 2017, 13:16 IST

India and the United States renewed their commitment to collaborate in the healthcare sector at the second India-US Health Dialogue that was held on 26-27 September 2017 in New Delhi. The two-day event saw several experts deliberate on issues of bilateral importance including communicable and non-communicable diseases, low-cost innovations, food and drug regulations, traditional medicine and access to medicines.

India and the United States on 27 September 2017 renewed their commitment to collaborate in the healthcare sector at the second India-US Health Dialogue that was held on 26-27 September 2017 in New Delhi.

The two-day event saw several experts deliberate on issues of bilateral importance including communicable and non-communicable diseases, low-cost innovations, food and drug regulations, traditional medicine and access to medicines.

This Health Dialogue touched upon several issues- communicable and non-communicable ‎diseases, health systems, biomedical research and low-cost innovations, science and health data, food and drug regulations, traditional medicine and access to medicines.

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Highlights of the India-US Health Dialogue
• India and U.S. have a long history of health cooperation which has now started converging on the platform of the India-U.S. Health Dialogue.
• The dialogue addresses the health challenges faced by the people in both countries, such as cancer, R&D, communicable and non-communicable diseases, traditional medicines, access to medicines, food and drug regulation, antimicrobial resistance, etc.
• The dialogue engages both the countries on these health issues not only to address health challenges but also to contribute to global health objectives and outcomes.
• The main aim of this dialogue is to better address the health challenges faced by the people of the two countries.\

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