It is time India takes lead in realising 'one earth, one health' vision: Mandaviya
The Hindu
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya highlighted that the health sector cannot be limited to one country as the health and wellbeing of one country impacts the other.
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 March 15.
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.
Mr. Mandaviya highlighted that the health sector cannot be limited to one country as the health and wellbeing of one country impacts the other.
"We live in an inter-dependent world, wherein not just countries but the health of human population is equally affected and influenced by the health of surrounding environment and animals," he stated.
The global pandemic has demonstrated that no country is immune from adverse developments in any country, and also that our actions impact the health and wellbeing of our eco-system.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.