Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra chaired the high-level meeting on “Advancing Health and Well-Being of Billions in the WHO South-East Asia Region. He stressed that Bharat, by being the pharma capital of the world, is providing strength to the SEARO region on affordable medical counter measures.
The event, a side-event to the 77th World Health Assembly, co-hosted by the WHO Regional Office for Southeast Asia (SEARO) and Indian government, was held in Geneva on Tuesday.
The meeting is aimed to strategise concerted actions of member States, WHO and Partners in addressing key public health agenda in Southeast Asia Region.
The meeting began with a video on India’s Health Journey demonstrating the four pillars of Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Mission catalysing the access to universal health coverage for citizens in Bharat.
While addressing the gathering on Monday, Apurva Chandra stressed that the digital technologies being leveraged by Bharat during COVID-19 pandemic like CoWIN are today being tranformed by UWIN, a digital platform for tracking immunization and creation of digital certificate for every child.
He also spoke about the BHISM cube, an innovative product developed under India’s Aarogya Maitri Project, which is a compact, modular medical aid cube created to treat up to 200 casualties and equipped with cutting edge technology that can be deployed during any disasters and emergencies.
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