India and other BRICS members on Monday praised the establishment of a "long-term mechanism" for traditional medicine exchanges and committed themselves to enhance cooperation on health issues at international fora, including at the G20.
The BRICS nations decided to boost their role in global health governance, especially through the World Health Organisation and other such United Nations agencies, said the Xiamen Declaration issued at the end of the BRICS Summit's plenary session here.
The member countrie agreed to improve surveillance capacity and medical services to fight infectious diseases — ebola, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and non-communicable diseases. They emphasised on a larger application of IT Technologies to improve the level of health service provision.