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G20 Presidency: India to focus on health emergency prevention, preparedness

As the pharmacy of the world India has exported drugs and vaccines to over 150 countries globally during the pandemic, the health ministry said

India's G20 presidency
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India's G20 presidency

Ruchika Chitravanshi New Delhi
Prevention and preparedness against health emergencies is the number one priority of the health working group under India’s G20 presidency, which will take place after two years of a global pandemic. The health ministry on Thursday said that India would play a major role in converging discussions on global health architecture and “act as an enabler for reducing fragmentation and duplication under the G20 presidency”.

The health ministry also said that India would aim to play a proactive role in representing the Global South in the negotiations across multilateral health platforms.

The second priority of the group would be to