New Delhi (India), April 28 (nor): India has made a considerable effort to strengthen its medical infrastructure after the Covid-19 pandemic, said Priya Basa, the Pandemic Fund’s Pandemic Fund.
Basu spoke exclusively with or emphasized the steps that India would take to better be prepared for future health emergencies.
Basu pointed out that schemes like Ayushman Bharat and national digital health missions are key parts of Indian strategies to improve the access and infrastructure of health care.
Asked if India is better prepared to master another pandemic, bass said, “I would say that in India has made efforts to improve access to health care, medical infrastructure. There is Ayushman Bharat and there is a national mission of digital health.”
She added that the preparation of the country for another pandemic is not an easy task, but important lessons have been obtained from Covid-19.
“Lessons that include this overvoltage capacity to increase testing quickly, have the necessary equipment, the capacity of the PP in hospitals in terms of ICU units, ICU beds,” she explained.
Basu said that while the world is still not fully prepared for the next focus, efforts are making.
She also talked about the pandemic fund, a global initiative launched in 2022, which helps countries with low and medium income countries to build their pandemic readiness.
“The Pandemic Fund is one of the examples that it really intentionally cooperates with countries with low and medium incomes to strengthen their capacity,” Basu said.
When she talked about investment, she said: “The costs or investment needed to obtain all countries with low and medium income to the right level of readiness are a small fraction of the loss that the world will arise unless we are ready.”
She emphasized a common study by the World Bank and who estimates that 150 billion USD investments in five years can prepare all countries compared to trillions lost during COVID-19.
He also explained the bass how India benefits from the pandemic fund. “We have a project in India, a grant that is mixed with loans from Asian development bank and world banks, as well as technical assistance from the organization for food and agriculture,” she said.
In more detail, the Grant from the Pandemic Fund of $ 25 million supports Indian one health mission by strengthening the supervision of animals, animal laboratories, veterinary workforce and biological safety of agriculture.
India has been an active supporter of the pandemic fund from the beginning.
“India is a founding contributor to the pandemic fund. It is one of the countries that applied at the beginning,” Basu said.
She also mentioned that India has recently doubled its contribution to the fund and is sitting on its board as a voting member. (Or)
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