On the occasion of the G20 second meeting of Health working group, which began in Goa today, the World Health Organisation's representative in India, Dr Roderico Ofrin, said that this is a golden moment for other countries to learn from India.
She noted that there is a need to leverage the momentum of ongoing discussions in the global health field and focus on critical aspects such as collaborative surveillance, community protection, access to medical countermeasures and emergency coordination.
According to the release, more than 180 delegates from 19 G20 member countries, 10 invited states and 22 International Organizations will be participating in the meeting.
The group consisted of Francoise Vanni, Stephen Murphy, Dylan Pulver, Stephanie Seydoux, Alain Labrique, Derrick Muneene and Garrett Mehl from Switzerland, as well as Elise Anthony and Steven Posnack from the US.
Recently, a World Health Organisation (WHO) official lauded India for the manner in which it is leading its G20 presidency at the Health Working Group meeting and described it as an "exciting moment in history", adding that it has lifted up the voice of the Global South.
"I am very very excited about the Indian G20 presidency. I am keen to see the Global South collaboration that we can put together in this new world order," Alakija said at the G20 Health Working Group meeting taking place from January 18-20 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Bharati Pravin Pawar was inaugurating the session on Medical Value Travel on the sidelines of the 1st Health Working Group meeting under the G20 IndiaPresidency.
The World Health Organization envoy for multilateral affairs at the G20, Stephanie Seydoux called the global health body a very strong supporter of the health agenda set by India under its G20 Presidency and said that it is indeed very ambitious.
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Bharati Pravin Pawar, and the G20 delegates started their second day of the Health Working Group meeting in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala with a yoga session on Thursday.