Madurai: The World Health Organisation (WHO)
is willing to share its expertise in setting up a 'Disease
Detection Centre' in India, a WHO official said here.
Participating in the ongoing second WHO-Tropical Disease
Research Asian Bio-Safety Training Course, attended by
scientists from various countries, Ali A Mohammadi, a
project leader in WHO looking after bio-risk management, said
the centre would have a positive impact on public health in
the whole region.
"India needed such centres and WHO will be willing to
assit the scientists," Ali said last night.
US President Barack Obama after his meeting with
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday in Washington had
spoken on cooperation in the field of public health and to
establish a 'Regional Global Disease Detection Centre' in
India to work on disease control and prevention.
PTI
First Published: Friday, November 27, 2009, 17:54