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India, US working together to develop vaccines against diseases such as tuberculosis, dengue: US envoy

Washington's envoy to New Delhi Kenneth Juster has said that India and the United States are working together to develop vaccines against diseases such as tuberculosis and dengue.<br/><br/>Describing issues related to health as an important shared responsibility, Mr Juster said the two nations were also engaged in the Global Health Security Agenda, which included acting to combat anti-microbial resistance and strengthening the detection and prevention of epidemics.<br/>'<br/>Juster said India and the US were looking at novel ways to manage disease. He said, India and US jointly developed the first indigenous Indian vaccine for rotavirus, and are now cooperating to develop vaccines to combat tuberculosis, dengue and other emerging global threats.<br/>'<br/>The envoy said, the health agenda of the two countries addressed the complex problem of HIV as well as the growing burden of non-communicable diseases.<br/><br/>

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