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PM Narendra Modi who visited US and met President Barrack Obama has brought in some good news for the healthcare sector. The two nations have agreed to collaborate in developing affordable vaccines to combat dengue, malaria, and tuberculosis.
This will be done through India’s ministry of health and family welfare and the department of biotechnology and the US’ National Institutes of Health, said a source.
Both countries are to also collaborate in the field of fighting cancer. The US National Cancer Institute has agreed to collaborate to help develop the upcoming National Cancer Institute at the Jhajjar (Haryana) campus of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
To be located in Badhsa village in Jhajjar, the institute is slated to have over 700 beds for different facilities like surgical oncology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, anaesthesia and palliative care and nuclear medicine and will also have the first of its kind tissue repository in India.
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Source: IANS
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