Lok Sabha Question No. 4787 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: MoUs between India and Jordan
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 4787 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd MARCH, 2018

## MOU S BETWEEN INDIA AND JO RDAN

## 4787. DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

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

- (a)  whether  India  has  signed Memorandum  of  Understandings  (MoUs)for  enhanced cooperation in  the  field  of health  and  medical  science  with  various countries  including Jordan;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the aims and objectives and the key areas identified for cooperation in such MoUs, country - wise;
- (c) the benefit that India wil l accrue out of these MoUs; and
- (d) the details of MoU with Senegal along with the time by which the said MoU will be implemented along with the present status thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (c) : The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has signed bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) / Agreements with fifty - five (55) other countries, including with Jordan, for cooperation covering various areas in the fie ld of h alth and medicine.    A list of countries with whom MoUs / Agreements have been signed is in Annexure .

The  objective  of  the  MoUs  /  Agreements  is  to  establish  comprehensive  inte -ministerial  and  inter - institutional  cooperation  in  the  field  of  healt h  and m dicine  with  the aims and objectives of upgrading the quality and reach of human, material and infrastr resources involved in healthcare, training and research on the basis of equality, re and mutual benefit.  The MoUs will encourage joint initiatives and technology development in  the  health  sector.    To  further  elaborate  the  details  of  cooperation  and  to  ov implemention  of  the  MoUs  /  Agreements,  joint  meetings  are  held  at  appropriate  times mutually decided upon.

- (d)   : An MoU between India and Senegal on cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine has been finalized and the Cabinet has approved signing of the MoU.  The Mo with Senegal is awaiting signature and the Ministry of External Affairs has been reque o facilitate signing of the said MoU.

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41.

Name of country

## Annexure

## LIST OF COUNTRIES with whom Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has signed Agreements / Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) / Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) / Statement of Intent (SoI)

| 1.          | Afghanistan                                | 28-08-2005                                                         |                                                                     |
|-------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|             | Australia                                  | (Agreement)                                                        | &Medical Science                                                    |
| 2.          |                                            |                                                                    | Healthcare Health &Medicine                                         |
|             |                                            | 10-04-2017 (MoU) (Agreement)                                       |                                                                     |
| 3.          | Austria Bangladesh                         | 17-02-2005                                                         | Health Health &Medical Science Health &Medicine                     |
| 4. 5. 6.    |                                            | 12-02-2013 (MoU) 05-05-1998 (Agreement) 02-02-2016 (MoU)           | Health                                                              |
| 7.          | Brazil Brunei                              | 28-11-2011                                                         |                                                                     |
| 8.          | Bulgaria Burundi                           | (Agreement)                                                        | &Medicine &Medicine                                                 |
| 9.          | Cuba                                       | 18-09-2012 (MoU)                                                   | Health Health                                                       |
| 10.         | Cyprus                                     | 06-12-2017 (MoU) 08-10-2002 (Agreement)                            | Health &Medicine Public Health &Medical Sciences Health &Medicine   |
|             |                                            | 03-09-1994 (Agreement) 19-01-2010 (Agreement)                      |                                                                     |
| 11.         | China Colombia                             | 09-06-2010 (Agreement)                                             |                                                                     |
| 12. 13. 14. | Croatia                                    |                                                                    | Health &Medicine                                                    |
|             |                                            |                                                                    | Health Health Health                                                |
|             | Egypt Islands                              | 18-11-2008 (MoU) 10-10-2005 (Agreement) 01-06-2017 (JDI)           | &Medicine &Medicine Health                                          |
| 15. 16. 17. | Fiji Germany                               |                                                                    |                                                                     |
| 18.         |                                            |                                                                    | and Medicine                                                        |
|             | Iran                                       | 17-02-2018 (MoU) (MoC)                                             | Health                                                              |
|             | Japan                                      | 01-09-2014                                                         | Healthcare Medical Science                                          |
| 19. 20.     | Jordan Hungary                             | 01-03-2018 (MoU) 18-01-2008 (Plan of Cooperation) 17-10-2007 (MoU) | Health and Public Health                                            |
| 21.         | India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Indonesia |                                                                    | Health &Medicine                                                    |
| 22. 23.     | Israel                                     |                                                                    |                                                                     |
|             | Italy                                      | 11-10-2013 (MoU) 09-09-2003 (Agreement) 29-11-2017 (MoU)           | Health Health &Medicine Health &Medical                             |
|             |                                            |                                                                    | Sciences Healthcare                                                 |
| 24. 25.     | Kazakhstan Kuwait                          | 16-04-2011 (Agreement) 23-04-2012 (MoU)                            | Medical                                                             |
|             | Latvia                                     |                                                                    |                                                                     |
| 26. 27. 28. |                                            | 28-02-2012 (Agreement) 03-11-2010 (MoU)                            | cooperation Healthcare &Medical Science Health &Medicine            |
| 29.         |                                            |                                                                    |                                                                     |
| 30.         | Malawi                                     |                                                                    |                                                                     |
| 31.         | Maldives Mauritius Mongolia                | 02-01-2014 (MoU)                                                   | Health                                                              |
|             |                                            | 12-03-2013 (MoU) 14-09-2009 (Agreement)                            | Health &Medicine Health &Medical Science Health                     |
| 32. 33. 34. | Morocco Mozambique Myanmar                 | 14-12-2017 (MoU) 22-02-2004 (Agreement) 06-09-2017 (MoU)           | Health Health                                                       |
| 35.         |                                            |                                                                    | &Medicine                                                           |
|             |                                            |                                                                    | &Medicine Health Care &Public Health Food Safety                    |
|             | Netherlands New Zealand Oman               | 30-01-2014 (MoU) 26-10-2016 (Arrangement) 11-02-2018 (MoU)         |                                                                     |
| 36.         |                                            |                                                                    | Medicine                                                            |
| 37. 38. 39. |                                            | (MoU) (MoU)                                                        | Health and                                                          |
|             | Palestine Papua New Guinea                 | 16-05-2017 29-04-2016                                              | Health and Medicine Healthcare and Medical Science Health &Medicine |
| 40.         | Philippines                                |                                                                    |                                                                     |
|             |                                            | 05-10-2007 (MoU)                                                   |                                                                     |

Poland

Date of signing

24-04-2009 (Agreement)

Subject

Health & Medicine

42.

55.

Qatar

US-FDA

05-06-2016 (MoU)

10-02-2014  (SoI)

Health

Medical Products

| 43.         | Russia (FSSHSD and CDSCO, MoHFW) Rwanda       | 16-12-2011 (MoU)                                                   | Drug quality &safety standards Health &Medicine                   |
|-------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 44. 45.     | Saudi Arabia                                  | 12-11-2010 (MoU) 20-11-2006 (Executive Programme) 10-09-2003 (MoU) | Health &Family Welfare                                            |
| 46. 47. 48. | Seychelles Spain (Dte.GHS) Sweden             |                                                                    | Health Transplant Services Health Care and                        |
|             |                                               | 31-05-2017                                                         | Public Health Health &Medicine                                    |
|             |                                               | (MoU) 24-02-2009 (MoU)                                             | Health& Medicine                                                  |
| 49. 50. 51. | Tajikistan Tanzania (Zanzibar) United Kingdom | 03-09-2012 (Agreement) 16-12-2002 (Agreement) (MoU)                |                                                                   |
| 52.         |                                               | (MoU)                                                              |                                                                   |
|             | USA                                           | 19-05-2013 25-06-2015                                              | Health Cancer Research, Prevention, Control and Management Health |
| 53. 54.     | Vietnam                                       |                                                                    |                                                                   |
|             |                                               | 03-09-2016 (MoU) (Agreement)                                       | &Medicine                                                         |
|             | Yemen                                         | 09-06-2013                                                         | Health                                                            |