India has taken on the critical task of supplying medicines to countries across the globe by enhancing production and expediting export clearances to meet the explosion in demand for drugs such as Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and Paracetamol. Medicines have been delivered as gifts to developing countries and as commercial exports to those who could afford to buy them
Gifts
Exports
*Includes Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Seychelles, Mauritius, and countries in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, South America and the Caribbean
Procurement facilitation
MEA officials are also part of the Government’s empowered group involved in the procurement of medical supplies, including personal protective equipment and testing kits from countries manufacturing these items
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
Rapid response teams, consisting of doctors, nurses and paramedics (from the armed forces), have been deployed to…
