India Becoming Pharmacy Of World Biggest Achievement: WHO Top Scientist
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The top scientist, however, spotlighted that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the delivery of essential health services in almost every country, including India.
India becoming the pharmacy of the world is one of its biggest achievements in the past 75 years, underlined World World Health Organization (WHO)'s Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan while listing out the country's achievements in healthcare.
Dr Swaminathan, who was speaking at NDTV's Swasth Bharat, Sampann Bharat Telethon, listed out four big achievements of the country - from the elimination of polio and a few other vaccine-preventable diseases to reducing maternal and child mortality to universal health coverage to India becoming the pharmacy of the world.
The top scientist, however, spotlighted that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the delivery of essential health services in almost every country, including India.
There has been a setback in tuberculosis treatment, non-communicable diseases, in delivery of ante-natal and child health services in India, she noted.
