Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya participates in G-20 Health Ministers Meeting 2021 in Italy

Rome: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya participated in G-20 Health Ministers Meeting 2021 hosted by Italian Presidency on the theme – People, Planet and Prosperity. Yesterday during the meeting, he shared India’s response to monitor Global Health Impact of COVID19 pandemic with a detailed assessment of its consequences in implementing Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs.

Mr Mandaviya is on a four day visit to Rome in Italy from 4th of this month to attend G- 20 Health Ministers’ meeting. In a tweet, Mr Mandaviya also said that he had an excellent discussion with Minister of Health for Brazil Marcelo Queiroga for better cooperation in healthcare. They also talked about One Health and the introduction of Nano-Urea for better results.

During the



interaction, Mr Mandaviya offered India’s full support to aid Brazil’s fight against TB.

In an another tweet, the Union Health Minister said that he also interacted UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid and highlighted various areas of cooperation in the field of healthcare. He said, our discussions included ways to promote digital health and enhancing access to new models of telemedicine.

Mr Mandaviya said that he invited the UK Health Minister for a visit to India and discussed a roadmap for a new health dialogue between the two countries. He added that UK appreciated India’s management of COVID and congratulated on administering first COVID19 vaccine dose to more than half the population of the country.