Regional director of World Health Organisation’s (WHO) South East-Asia Region, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, on September 6, mentioned that India’s theme for the G20 Summit this yr, ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’, is a clarion call for the world to take motion in constructing a better future within the well being sector.
“We live in an increasingly interconnected world. India’s philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ of ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’ is a clarion call to the world for the need to collectively work together to build a better future for our health, and the health of our planet,” Khetrapal instructed media.
WHO regional director added that India has recognized three well being priorities that goal to strengthen international well being infrastructure, ship well being, and supply common well being protection beneath its G20 presidency.
She mentioned, “India’s G20 presidency focuses on consolidating the existing digital health initiatives and fostering equity in health care by amplifying efforts to incorporate tools such as telemedicine and artificial intelligence.”
While congratulating India for internet hosting G20 this yr in New Delhi, she thanked India for recognising and prioritising well being.
Just final month, the WHO and G20 India presidency launched a brand new Global Initiative on Digital Health which goals to assist this transformation.
Under India’s presidency, the G20 has additionally prioritized strengthening well being emergency preparedness and response with a concentrate on anti-microbial resistance and One Health Framework which acknowledges the interconnection between folks, animals, and vegetation and their shared surroundings to face up to future shocks not simply from infectious ailments however every type of well being hazards.
Another key precedence goals to strengthen cooperation within the pharmaceutical sector with a concentrate on making certain availability and entry to secure, efficient, high quality, and reasonably priced medical countermeasures like vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics.
Towards this, G20 Health Ministers assembly in Gandhinagar, India, final month prolonged their assist for a WHO-led inclusive consultative course of for the event of an interim medical countermeasures coordination mechanism.
India is all set to host the G20 Summit in New Delhi from September 9-10. World leaders will arrive in New Delhi to attend the G20 Summit. The summit can be hosted on the state-of-the-art Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Notably, India assumed the G20 presidency on December 1 final yr and since then about 200 conferences associated to G20 have been organized in 60 cities throughout the nation.
(with inputs from ANI)
