It is time India took lead in 'one earth, one health' vision: Mandaviya
It is time India takes the lead in realising the "one earth, one health" vision with a holistic policy-making environment and align it with the philosophy of "vasudhaiva kutumbakam", Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has a strong political will to lead in innovative research and technology supported solutions which are commercially viable with universal acceptability, he said at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Partnership Summit 2023.
The summit has been themed "One Health: Integrated, Collaborative and Multisectoral Approach to Optimal Health".
"The 'one earth, one health' vision can become a reality only with active global collaboration where countries don't think of only themselves but of collective global outcomes," the minister said.
Mandaviya highlighted that the health sector cannot be limited to one country as the health and wellbeing of one country impacts the other.
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