Pact with Maldives in 2014 gets Indian Cabinet approval - Sun Online, January 14, 2016
The Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between Maldives and India on health sector related matters signed between the two countries in January 2014 obtained Indian Cabinet approval on Wednesday.
Indian government issued a statement to announce the decision, which was quoted on the newspaper – Economic Times.
The newspaper reported that the Cabinet meeting held to make the decision had been chaired over by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The MoU covers assistance to Maldives in developing human resources in healthcare sector, as well as greater cooperation in exchange and training of doctors and other health professionals, and medical and health research development.
It also covers cooperation in management of healthcare sector and public health services, procurement of generic and essential drugs and assistance in sourcing of drug supplies, health promotion and disease prevention, traditional and complementary medicine, telemedicine and any other area of cooperation that the two countries agree upon.
The MoU was signed by President Abdulla Yameen during his visit to India during January 2014.
