In an exclusive interaction with the BioVoice, Dr Soumya Swaminathan,
Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Secretary,
Department of Health Research (DHR), Government of India shared her
valuable insights on the outcomes at the recently concluded India-Africa
Health Summit besides talking about various achievements as well as priority
areas of ICMR. Read the detailed interview below:
BY RAHUL KOUL
Why was there a need for India-Africa Health
Meet? What were the important issues
addressed at the forum?
“
India and Africa both face similar challenges in
health, including commonalities in disease burden,
similar demographics and environment, limited
resources to run large-scale public health
programmes, and