Research work on diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, and dengue is being supported by Indian Council of Medical Research, D/o BioTechnology& D/o Science & Technology through various initiatives under National and International R&D programmes as indicated hereunder:-
Launch of Malaria Elimination Research Alliance Special Call for research proposals on Dengue. Mission AMR, Major projects for development of vaccines for Malaria, Tuberculosis and Dengue, Malaria Vaccine Development Programmes, Dengue subunit VLP based vaccine candidate, Regional Prospective observational Research for Tuberculosis India under Indo-US vaccine Programme. Technology developed by ICGEB, New Delhi has been transferred to Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. for development of a phytopharmaceutical drug for dengue, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, a Public Sector undertaking of D/o Biotechnology also supports R&D activities in these areas. Funding by D/o Science & Technology to Collaborative Projects under Public-Private Partnership, creation of 57 states of the art infrastructure for Pharmaceutical R&D, Grants-in-aid to Indian Pharma Industries for clinical trials in neglected diseases including malaria, kala-azar etc.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on 19/11/2019.