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Mandaviya urges G20 to focus on sharing genome sequencing data
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IANS | 20 Jun, 2022
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday suggested G20 members
for an institutional framework to enable rapid sharing of genome
sequencing data along with a neutral & aggregate data-sharing model
amongst countries.
This could be done across multiple
pathogens with equitable benefit sharing under the framework of the
Nagoya protocol, he added further while virtually addressing the
inaugural session at the G20 Health Ministers meeting at Yogyakarta,
Indonesia.
"A boost to digital health data systems to enable
seamless interoperability of data and creation of longitudinal
electronic health records within a country and at the global level is
crucial", said Mandaviya.
Expressing hope that the ongoing
reduced trajectory of COVID-19 is an encouraging sign that the
pandemic's end is near, Mandaviya said that India agrees to mutual
recognition of vaccine credentials including its wider application for
interoperability of health data.
"The ongoing pandemic has posed
multiple challenges on the health systems across the globe, developed
and developing countries alike. The present pandemic has highlighted the
fault lines in the global health governance and has brought to the fore
the importance of strengthening Global Health Architecture. It has
reinforced the need to assess health ecosystems, health financing and
their linkages in light of the experience in managing the current
pandemic", Mandaviya added while addressing the session.
Union
Health Minister advocated for an inclusive, agile and responsive
framework for health emergency management, supported by a global
mechanism of surveillance, sustainable financing and equitable
distribution of medical countermeasures.
"G20 countries account
for 80 per cent of the world's GDP and share 80 per cent of global
cross-border trade and hence G20's engagement and leadership will be
vital to strengthen the global health architecture and management of any
future health emergencies", Mandaviya said.
Underlining the need
for global cooperation, the Health Minister urged members that "global
health resilience must be created by working towards mutual recognition
of vaccine credentials to aid seamless cross-border travel, and the need
for expanding research network, m-RNA manufacturing hubs and
distributed manufacturing of medical countermeasures with particular
focus on the global south."
"G20 countries must prioritize
establishing an ecosystem for VTD research, technology transfers and
regional manufacturing hubs, especially in Global South. India will also
support this endeavour and will collaborate proactively to develop an
mRNA vaccine hub in the global south by extending its manufacturing and
research capacity", he said.
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