On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases held in New York, a BRICS Health Ministers’ Round Table conference was also held on 20 September 2011. The meeting, hosted by Mr. Chen Zhu, Hon’ble Minister of Health, China, was attended by Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, Hon’ble Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, Mr. Pakishe Aron Motsoaledi, Hon’ble Minister of Health, South Africa, Ms. Veronika I. Skvortsova, Hon’ble Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development, Russia and the Ambassador of Brazil. Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO and Mr. Michele Sideby Executive Director, UN AIDS, also attended the meeting as special invitees.
Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, Hon’ble Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare highlighted certain key aspects of the political declaration adopted by the UN General Assembly on the Non-Communicable Diseases and stated that the BRICS countries should have a roadmap to work in close cooperation in these areas. He stressed that it is essential for the treatment and management of NCDs that accessibility and affordability of medicines should not be hindered by TRIPS Plus measures.
Stating that the BRICS forum enjoys a special status since the countries taken together account for approximately 42% of the world population, Shri Azad urged the BRICS countries to use their considerable expertise and work out short, medium and long term steps as part of the road map to tackle the menace of NCDs and the associated risk factors. Hon’ble HFM offered to facilitate the process by hosting the next BRICS Health Ministers’ conference in India.
Agreeing with the Indian Health Minister, the BRICS Health Ministers conference concluded that detailed technical discussions would be held in the identified areas to work out the road map for collaboration and the countries will closely cooperate to achieve progress in common areas of interest.
Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, Hon’ble Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare highlighted certain key aspects of the political declaration adopted by the UN General Assembly on the Non-Communicable Diseases and stated that the BRICS countries should have a roadmap to work in close cooperation in these areas. He stressed that it is essential for the treatment and management of NCDs that accessibility and affordability of medicines should not be hindered by TRIPS Plus measures.
Stating that the BRICS forum enjoys a special status since the countries taken together account for approximately 42% of the world population, Shri Azad urged the BRICS countries to use their considerable expertise and work out short, medium and long term steps as part of the road map to tackle the menace of NCDs and the associated risk factors. Hon’ble HFM offered to facilitate the process by hosting the next BRICS Health Ministers’ conference in India.
Agreeing with the Indian Health Minister, the BRICS Health Ministers conference concluded that detailed technical discussions would be held in the identified areas to work out the road map for collaboration and the countries will closely cooperate to achieve progress in common areas of interest.
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