India Urges G7 To Build Robust Global Health Architecture
Date
5/13/2023 3:04:02 PM
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) NEW DELHI, May 13 (KUNA) -- India on Saturday called upon the G7 countries to build a robust, inclusive and responsive global health architecture.
The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare quoted Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya telling the G7 Health Ministerial meeting on Global Health Architecture in Nagasaki, Japan, today, that national health system of any nation is heavily dependent on the global health system when it comes to dealing with health emergencies.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to forefront the fault lines in existing global health architecture, emphasizing the need for a more robust, inclusive and responsive global health architecture, while maintaining centrality of the WHO," the Indian minister said.
He also appealed for collaborative efforts to ensure global health security and urged to ensure health equity.
Mandaviya cautioned against fragmented and siloed efforts in addressing the challenges faced by the world and underlined the need for collaborative efforts to ensure global health security including a specific focus on promoting health equity.
The minister also underlined the need of ensuring convergence of multiple global efforts to face health issues.
He appreciated that the health agendas under the G20 India Presidency and the G7 Japan Presidency are perfectly aligned which have collectively prioritised health emergency preparedness, access to medical countermeasures and digital health to achieve universal health coverage and innovation.
The G7 health ministerial meeting, convened to discuss global health challenges and ways to ensure preparedness, prevention and response to future health emergencies, saw participation of health ministers of the G7 countries and India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand as guest countries. (end)
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