Lok Sabha Question No. 3255 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-05
Subject: India US Cooperation in Health Sector
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: V. SATHYABAMA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3255 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH AUGUST, 2016

## INDIA US COOPERATION IN HEALTH SECTOR

## 3255. SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of setting up of four working groups under Indo - US Health Initiatives and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the monetary and medical aid extended t hrough the above Indo - US cooperation along with the MoU signed in this regard during the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a) : The  following four  Working  Groups  have  been  constituted  under  Indo - US  Health Initiatives, which was launched in May 2010:
- 1) Non - Communicable Diseases
- 2) Infectious Diseases
- 3) Maternal and Child Health
- 4) Strengthening Health System and Services
- A Fifth Working Group was added during 2013 - 14, i.e.
- 5) Human Resources for Health.

The Health Initiative was subsumed into a US -India Health Dialogue, which was held in September 2015 at Washington DC, USA

- (b) : The support extended by USAID in the last three years in respect of National A Control Organization (NACO) is given in the table below:

|   2013- 14 (USD in Mn) |   2014- 15 (USD in Mn) |   2015- 16 (USD in Mn) |
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|                  22.49 |                  14.73 |                  10.31 |

Contd…..

The following four MoUs/Statement of Intent/ Letter of Intent pertaining to Ministry Health and Family Welfare, were signed with USA during the last three years:

( 1) An MoU between Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Health Research and Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA was signed on 25 June,  2015  in  New  Delhi  for  cooperation  in  Environment  and  Occupational  Health  an Injury Prevention and Control.

( 2)  An  MoU  between  the  National  Cancer  Institute  of  the  National  Institutes  of  He Department of Health and Human Services, USA and National Cancer Institute of the A India  Institute  of  Medical  Sciences  and  Indian  Council  of  Medical  Res earch  (ICMR), Department of Health Research and Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science an Technology, was signed on 25 June 2015 for cooperation on Cancer Research, Preventio Control and Management.

( 3) Letter of Intent between the Indian Coun cil of Medical Research, Department of Health Research,  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare,  The  Department  of  Biotechnology Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Institute of Allergy and Infec Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services of USA on Antimicrobial Resistance Research was signed on 25 June, 2015.

( 4) A Statement of Intent between Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the US Fo and  Drug  Administration  was  signed  on  10  February  201 4  to  promote  collaborative engagement, to facilitate information sharing, etc.

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