G20 Health Ministers agree vaccine confidence measures
The Hindu
The G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting in Italy this week is focussed on building on strong cooperation and collaboration to end the COVID-19 pandemic and support recovery around the world.
The Health Ministers from G20 countries, including India, have united to pledge global action to improve future health security, increase vaccine confidence and tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in a Health Declaration agreed in Rome. The G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting in Italy this week is focussed on building on strong cooperation and collaboration to end the pandemic and support recovery around the world. The Health Declaration was agreed on Monday. The member nations – India, the United Kingdom, the United States, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey and the European Union – agreed to work together to enhance timely global access to safe, affordable and effective vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.More Related News
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