Singapore, July 14 -- Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India had a digital interaction with his Australian counterpart Mr. Gregory Andrew Hunt to discuss bilateral Health co-operation.

India and Australia have signed an MoU on co-operation in the field of Health and Medicine on 10th April, 2017. The MoU covers areas of mutual interest like the management of communicable diseases like Malaria and Tuberculosis, mental health and non-communicable diseases, antimicrobial resistance, regulation of pharmaceuticals, vaccines and medical devices and digitization of health infrastructure.

The MoU also covers response to public health emergencies like the present COVID pandemic.

Elaborating upon the ...