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G-20 Nation

G-20 PRESIDENCY: FIRST MEETING OF THE HEALTH WORKING GROUP

UNIQUE GLOBAL INITIATIVE - 'HEAL IN INDIA'

'HEAL BY INDIA' AND 'HEAL FROM INDIA'

On one hand, patients come to India for better treatment from Vishwa Kutumb, on the other hand, our
health professionals are serving patients in other countries as well. The central government is now not
only expanding its scope but is preparing to take the global healthcare industry by storm. With this thought,
the Government of India presented the unique initiative 'Heal in India' and 'Heal by India' to the member
countries in the first meeting of the G-20 Health Working Group chaired by it. India considers this a great
opportunity to showcase its health sector potential, resources, and initiatives on this big platform….

our meetings of the G-20 Health Working world is interconnected, and because of this, any
Group are to be held under the chairmanship crisis can become an economic crisis. Therefore,
Fof India. As part of which the first meeting for the availability of equitable health services to
was held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from all, efforts are being made to create a framework
18 to 20 January. From that can remove the
preparedness to dealing disparities in health
with health emergencies, services around the
facilities like digital health world.
and telemedicine were In the meeting,
discussed in the meeting. Member (Health) of
The meeting was attended NITI Aayog, Dr VK Paul
by participants from the described Medical
European Union and Value Travel (MVT) as
special invitees, apart an important means of
from the G-20 member addressing healthcare
states. In the meeting, Four meetings of the G-20 Health Working inequities around the
India outlined how it is Group are to be held under the chairmanship world. The purpose of
preparing an action plan to of India, in which the first meeting was held the G-20 would be to
provide modern healthcare in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from 18 to 20 encourage bridging
to the world community. January. From preparedness in dealing with this gap. There is a
How telemedicine service health emergencies, facilities like digital health great opportunity
along with 'Heal in India' to utilize traditional
and 'Heal by India' will pave and telemedicine were discussed in the meeting. medical systems
the way for the 'Heal from like Ayurveda in the
India' initiative. medical value travel
India has set three priorities for discussion sector which is growing at a rate of over 23
in the G-20 health track, including solutions percent. The G-20 meeting emphasized on setting
to prevent health emergencies, safe universal up of a dedicated board and agency, effective
health coverage, and improving healthcare governance, and policy framework to strengthen
service delivery with digital health innovation and the medical value travel ecosystem. Also, the
solutions. On the first day of the meeting, Union need to provide insurance portability under the
Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr. insurance policy at the international level, coverage
Bharati Pravin Pawar echoed that India's policy of traditional systems of medicine, and liberal
regarding the pandemic should be a defining visa policy, as well as better air connectivity, were
part of the health policy. In fact, today the whole emphasized.

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