India - Tanzania - Traditional Medicine MoU
Q. India and Tanzania signed MoU in which area/s?- Published on 07 Jul 16a. Traditional Medicine
b. Human Resource Development
c. Prevention of Illicit drug trade
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Traditional Medicine
- The Union Cabinet has approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Tanzania in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy.
- The MoU will provide structured frame work for the cooperation between the two countries for the promotion and propagation of Indian Traditional Systems of Medicine & Homeopathy in Tanzania.
- Traditional Medicine is an important element of life of Tanzanian people and Traditional medicines are used as first aid or stop-gap measure before the patient is referred to modern health facilities.
- The Ministry of AYUSH as a part of its mandate to propagate Indian systems of Medicine globally had signed MoUs with several other countries which include China, Malaysia, Hungary, Bangladesh, Nepal, etc.