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India, Netherlands to begin research on 'Technology for a sustainable healthcare'
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Ramesh Shankar, Mumbai
March 30 , 2017
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The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India and the Netherlands
Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)/the Netherlands Organisation
for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) will soon jointly begin
research on 'Technology for a sustainable healthcare: Minimally invasive
techniques'. This programme offers funding opportunities for joint
research cooperation between Dutch and Indian research groups.
The
aim of this joint research programme is to stimulate sustainable
Indian-Dutch research collaboration by funding joint research projects
in the area of medical devices that have the explicit goal to contribute
to a more sustainable health care either in India or in The
Netherlands. It also aims to develop innovative technology for a
sustainable healthcare system. Sustainable healthcare is defined as a
high quality system that is affordable and accessible for every
individual, and affordable and sufficiently staffed for society as a
whole.
There are three strategic questions to be addressed
through this programme. First, how can technology support health and
wellbeing of people in order to help them function and participate in
society, outside of organized care? The point is to focus on health
rather than healthcare. By focusing on prevention, health and wellbeing
you will reduce the need for professional healthcare. Second, how can
technology enable care to be delivered closer to home? In many cases it
is more cost effective and better for patients to deliver care outside
of care institutions.
Chronic care should not be managed in
hospitals. Rehabilitation should take place closer to home or even at
home. Third, how can technology enable more efficient and personalized
care? Technology enables us to do more with less. Technology can allow
early and individualized diagnosis and prognosis, less invasive
treatment and change work processes all together.
Besides
providing solutions to above questions, an additional goal is to
stimulate the Dutch and Indian research fields of medical devices on
minimally invasive techniques.
The DBT and the ZonMw have called
for proposals from eligible scientists. Thematic focus of this call for
proposals are that in general a proposal should meet the WHO-definition
for medical devices; contribute to a more sustainable healthcare either
in India or The Netherlands as defined in this call; and involve
(pre)clinical research with the objective to start phase I/II trial
(within the term of the project or directly following the project).
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