INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN HEALTH

Jan. 9, 2020

The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post-facto approval on the MOU signed in November, 2019 between Department of Health & Family Welfare (DOHFW), Government of India and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) on cooperation in the field of Health.

The MOU covers the following areas of cooperation:

  • To reduce maternal, neonatal and child morbidity and mortality, improve key nutrition outcomes, by improving the reach, coverage and quality of essential primary health, immunization and nutrition services.

  • To increase the basket of choice and quality for family planning methods, specially for reversible methods, and increase access amongst younger women.

  • To reduce the burden of select infectious diseases [TB, Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), Lymphatic Filariasis (LF)].

  • To strengthen health systems, including aspects such as budget utilization, management and skills of human resources for health, digital health, strengthening supply chains and monitoring systems. 

Source : The Hindu

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