Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Bharati Pawar has called for collaboration between India and the US saying it will advance the scientific discovery and management of global health threats. She was speaking at the 4th Indo-US Health Dialogue being hosted by India in New Delhi today. The US delegation is being led by Ms Michelle McConnell, Director, Asia and Pacific.<br />''<br />''The two-day Dialogue will be leveraged as a platform to deliberate upon multiple ongoing collaborations in the health sector between the two countries. The issues planned for deliberations encompass areas of concern pertaining to the strengthening of<br />''epidemiological research and surveillance and vaccine development.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #000000;">Among others, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary of Department of Biotechnology Dr. Renu Swarup and Director General of Indian Council for Medical Research Dr. Balram Bhargava represented India at the event.</span><br />