Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said there was a need to strengthen and reform the World Health Organization so that it can adapt...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said there was a need to strengthen and reform the World Health Organization so that it can adapt to new challenges, reported The Times of India. The prime minister made the remarks during a special G20 summit video conference where the group of nations committed to unite against the coronavirus pandemic, and inject $5 trillion (Rs 374 lakh crore) into the world economy to counter the impact of the crisis.
The prime minister reportedly pointed out that the United Nations agency handling international public health did not have the mandate to tackle a pandemic such as Covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. Therefore, Modi added that there was a need to empower the WHO in its “capacity of early warning” or developing effective vaccines or “capacity building”.
Modi also said international bodies like WHO were set up on models of the previous century. He further asked the G20 to openly share medical research, reported NDTV, citing sources in the Indian government.
The prime minister said 88% of the deaths due to the pandemic were from the member nations even as they share 80% of the global Gross Domestic Product and 60% of the world’s population, according to ANI.
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