Innovations in digital healthcare should be opened up for the public good, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, urging G-20 Health Ministers to avoid duplication in funding and facilitate the equitable availability of technology.
“The Global Initiative on Digital Health... will allow countries in the Global South to close the gap in health-care delivery. It will take us one step closer to our goal of achieving universal health coverage,” he said, as part of his address to the ongoing meeting of G-20 Health Ministers in Gujarat’s capital.
The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded the world that health should be at the centre of our decisions, Mr. Modi said, adding that it had also made clear the value of international cooperation, whether in medicine and vaccine deliveries, or in bringing people back home.
