Lok Sabha Question No. 356 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-10
Subject: MoU in Healthcare Sector
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: BODH SINGH BHAGAT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 356 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH AUGUST ,2018 MOU IN HEALTHCARE SE CTOR

## †*356. SHRI BODHSINGH BHAGAT:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  India  has  signed  any  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  with other  countries  of  the  world  for  increasing  co - operation  in  healthcare  sector recently;
- (b) if so, the details and targets/ objective s of the said MoU; and
- (c) the details of major sectors identified for co - operation in the said MoU?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

- (a)to ( c) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 356* FOR 10 TH AUGUST , 20 18

(a):    Yes,  India  is  having  ongoing  bilateral  relations  in  health  sector countries  presently  (as  in  Annexure).  During  the  current  calendar  year Minist ry of Health and Family Welfare has signed Agreements / Memorandum of Understanding  (MoU)  /  Memorandum  of  Cooperation  (MoC)  with  the  five  (5) countries, namely (i) Oman (ii) Iran (iii) Jordan (iv) Timor Leste and (v) Sw for cooperation in health sec tor.

(b)  and  (c):    International  cooperation  encourages  joint  initiatives  in building, training, exchange of information, exchange of experts, health man development, technical support in establishing laboratories/ hospitals and r in  mutually  identified  areas,  on  the  basis  of  equality,  reciprocity  and benefit . It  provides  opportunities  for  sharing  and  emulating  best  practices learning from each other, to address public health challenges.

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has signed Agreements / Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) / Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) / Statement of Intent (SoI) with the following 53 countries in health sector

| Sl.No       | Name of country                            | Date of signing                                                    |
|-------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.          | Afghanistan                                | (Agreement)                                                        |
|             | Australia                                  | 28-08-2005                                                         |
| 2. 3.       |                                            | 10-04-2017 (MoU) (Agreement)                                       |
|             | Austria Bangladesh                         | 17-02-2005 12-02-2013 (MoU) 05-05-1998                             |
| 4.          | Brazil                                     | (Agreement) 02-02-2016 (MoU)                                       |
| 5. 6. 7.    |                                            |                                                                    |
|             | Brunei                                     | (Agreement)                                                        |
|             | Bulgaria Burundi                           | 28-11-2011                                                         |
| 8.          |                                            | 18-09-2012 (MoU) 06-12-2017 (MoU) 08-10-2002                       |
| 9. 10.      | Cuba Cyprus China                          | (Agreement) 03-09-1994 (Agreement)                                 |
| 11. 12. 13. | Colombia                                   |                                                                    |
|             | Croatia Egypt                              | 19-01-2010 (Agreement) (Agreement)                                 |
|             |                                            | 09-06-2010 18-11-2008 (MoU) 10-10-2005                             |
| 14.         | Islands                                    | (Agreement)                                                        |
| 15. 16. 17. | Fiji Germany Iran                          |                                                                    |
|             |                                            | 01-06-2017 (JDI) 17-02-2018 (MoU) (MoC)                            |
| 18.         | Japan                                      | 01-09-2014                                                         |
| 19. 20.     | Jordan Hungary                             | 01-03-2018 (MoU) 18-01-2008 (Plan of Cooperation) 17-10-2007 (MoU) |
| 21.         | India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Indonesia |                                                                    |
|             | Israel                                     | 11-10-2013 (MoU)                                                   |
| 22. 23.     |                                            | (Agreement)                                                        |
|             |                                            | 09-09-2003 29-11-2017                                              |
| 24. 25. 26. | Italy Kazakhstan Kuwait                    | (MoU) (Agreement)                                                  |
|             |                                            | 16-04-2011 23-04-2012                                              |
|             | Latvia                                     | (MoU) (Agreement)                                                  |
| 27.         | Malawi                                     | 28-02-2012 03-11-2010 (MoU) 02-01-2014 (MoU)                       |
| 28.         |                                            | 12-03-2013                                                         |
| 29. 30. 31. | Maldives Mauritius Mongolia                | (MoU) 14-09-2009                                                   |
|             |                                            | (Agreement)                                                        |
|             |                                            | 14-12-2017 (MoU)                                                   |
| 32.         | Morocco Mozambique Myanmar                 | (Agreement)                                                        |
| 33. 34. 35. |                                            | 22-02-2004 06-09-2017 (MoU) 30-01-2014                             |
|             | Netherlands Oman                           | (MoU) 11-02-2018 (MoU)                                             |
|             |                                            | (MoU)                                                              |
| 36. 37.     | Palestine                                  | 16-05-2017                                                         |

38.

Papua New Guinea

29-04-2016 (MoU)

39.

53.

Philippines

Yemen

05-10-2007  (MoU)

09-06-2013 (Agreement)

| 40. 41.     | Poland Qatar                               | (Agreement) (MoU)                                                  |
|-------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|             |                                            | 24-04-2009                                                         |
|             |                                            | 05-06-2016                                                         |
| 42. 43.     | Rwanda Saudi Arabia                        | 12-11-2010 (MoU) 20-11-2006 (Executive Programme) 10-09-2003 (MoU) |
| 44.         | Seychelles South                           |                                                                    |
|             | Africa Swaziland                           | 04-01-2006 (Agreement) 09-04-2018 (MoU)                            |
| 45. 46. 47. |                                            | 24-02-2009                                                         |
|             | Sweden                                     |                                                                    |
|             |                                            | (MoU)                                                              |
| 48. 49. 50. | Tajikistan Tanzania (Zanzibar) Timor-Leste | 03-09-2012 (Agreement) 16-12-2002 (Agreement) 07-04-2018 (MoU)     |
| 51. 52.     | United Kingdom Vietnam                     | (MoU)                                                              |
|             |                                            | 19-05-2013 03-09-2016 (MoU)                                        |