SSUHS signs MoU with Novo Nordisk Foundation

Giving a boost to health sector, an MoU was signed between the Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences under the Department of Medical Education and Research, and Novo Nordisk Foundation, a Danish philanthropic organisation.
The MoU will cover several components like, improving Nursing Education in the state including setting up of an Education Innovation Unit, Simulation Lab etc in Regional Nursing College, improving institutional capacity in the nursing sector and knowledge exchange programmes with National and International institutes for Health and Nursing professionals.
As a part of the MoU, a financial a support of Rs 6 crore will be provided initially. Moreover, the understanding will be looking at scaling up the partnership in due course.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma thanked the Senior Scientific Lead of Novo Nordisk Foundation Dr. Jacob Williams Orberg for signing the understanding with the university.
He said that health has been a priority sector for the state, as the government has been working consistently to improve various parameters to bring about overall reform in health sector. He said that the partnership with Novo Nordisk Foundation will go a long way in giving shape to a collaborative mechanism for improvement health sector in the state. He also hoped that with the help of the partnership innovation and human resource development of the nursing sector will get a new fillip. State government will cooperate in every possible way to take this partnership to reap rich dividends for the state.
Source: EconomicTimes