Caretaker Health Minister Dr. Nadeem Jan said on Monday that the government is all set to host the country’s first ‘Global Health Security Summit’ in Islamabad from January 10 to 11, in which World Health Organization experts, ministers, UN Representatives of the United Nations and other officials will attend.
Talking to a private news channel, the Minister said that the Global Health Summit will improve our country’s image and international stakeholders’ confidence in our health sector and its ability to tackle challenges of unprecedented scale. He said the main strategic objectives of the Summit are to collaborate with world leaders to ensure equity-based pandemic preparedness, financing for low- and middle-income countries, and mutual exchange of knowledge, as well as member states. And exchange experiences with experts in the thematic areas of the Summit. He said the summit’s The Summit Together for a Healthy Planet” and critical topics include the Summit of Global Health Security on national security, pandemic preparedness and response, climate change, and emerging public health.
‘Our motto is no one is safe until everyone is safe.’ He said. Every country praised our effort for holding this world health summit; he added that we want to increase the flow of credibility, funding, and infrastructure to handle the viruses. Replying to a query, he said Dr Jan said that after the pandemic, countries typically pay little attention to the devastating diseases. However, Pakistan has taken the lead in alarming the world that the worst may yet to come.
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