Digital innovations in healthcare must be for public good: PM
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Digital innovations in healthcare must be for public good: PM
Subject :Science and technology
Section: Health
Context:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the G-20 Health Ministers’ Meeting, in Gandhinagar, via video conferencing.
- Emphasized the importance of digital innovations in healthcare for the public good.
- Urged G-20 Health Ministers to avoid funding duplication and ensure equitable access to technology.
Key aspects discussed:
- Global Health and COVID-19
- Anti-Microbial Resistance and TB
- Holistic Approach to Health in India
- India follows a holistic and inclusive approach to healthcare..
- Promotion of traditional systems of medicine.
- WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine was established in Jamnagar, Gujarat.
- WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine running concurrently with the G-20 Health Ministers’ meeting.
- Joint effort to create a global repository of traditional medicine.
- Link Between Health and Environment
One Health:
- “One Health” is an integrated approach that aims to optimize the health of people, animals, and the environment.
- Organizations Involved (One Health Quadripartite)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine:
- Knowledge center for traditional medicine.
- Strategic focus on evidence, learning, data, sustainability, equity, innovation, and technology.
- Aims to optimize traditional medicine’s contribution to global health and sustainable development.
- Respect for local heritages, resources, and rights is a guiding principle.
India’s Contribution:
- Lead investor in the GCTM.
- Committed around US$ 250 million for establishment, infrastructure, and operations.
- Providing 35 acres of land in Jamnagar, Gujarat.
- Supporting GCTM operational costs for 10 years.
- GCTM will showcase global traditions and modern scientific advances in traditional medicine.
International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
- ICD-11, in effect since January 2022, includes a chapter on traditional medicine from ancient Chinese Medicine.
- A new module is being developed by WHO, adding diagnostic terms from Ayurveda, Unani, and Siddha systems.