India and Britain have signed a pact to provide a framework for strategic and technical cooperation between the two countries on evidence informed healthcare policy and practice.
The MoU was signed by Department of Health Research (DHR) Secretary V M Katoch and UK-based National Institute for Health and Care (NICE) Excellence chief executive Andrew Dillon in London yesterday.
The MoU followed the signature of an overarching health agreement between UK and India at the World Health Assembly, Geneva, last month by the health ministers of the two countries.
The pact inked yesterday aims at bringing modern health technology to people by encouraging innovations in diagnostics, treatment methods and disease prevention.
The aim is to translate the innovations into products and processes by facilitating synergy with other departments.
The MoU creates provisions for exchange of institutional expertise and experience in clinical practice guidelines pathways and quality standards.
"India is in the process of developing a Health Technology Assessment Board and this MoU between NICE and DHR would strengthen our efforts in this direction," Katoch was quoted in an official release issued here today.
