The event is expected to unite initiatives to strengthen cooperation, also in digital health, innovation, access to affordable medicines, and resilient health systems.
Organized by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), the meeting will provide a platform to boost the health priorities of the Global South and collective action aimed at achieving Universal Health Coverage and the health-related Sustainable Development Goals, sector officials stated at a press briefing.
The representatives of the BRICS nations are deliberating, in the senior officials’ meeting on priority areas for health and finalizing the draft Ministerial Declaration.
Thursday’s meeting of ministers will be chaired by Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda, whose country holds the BRICS pro tempore presidency this year.
During this meeting, the ministers will discuss key public health priorities at the global and regional levels and consider adopting the declaration.
India will host, on the final day, a high-level side event, BRICS Dialogue: From Digital Health Records to AI-Powered Healthcare: Strengthening Continuity of Care through Interoperable Data Infrastructures and Responsible Artificial Intelligence.
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