Pakistan to Host Its First ‘Global Health Security Summit’

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Islamabad: 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.
The conference will be held from January 10 to 11, in which World Health Organization experts, ministers, UN Representatives of the United Nations, and other officials will attend it.
According to local private media channel, the health minister said that the Global Health Summit will not only improve the image of our country but also the confidence of international stakeholders in our health sector and its ability to tackle challenges of unprecedented scale.
Dr Nadeem Jan 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 theme of the summit is “Together for a Healthy Planet,” and key topics of the summit include the impact 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 was praising our effort for holding this world health summit, he said, adding 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 normally pay little attention to the devastating diseases; however, Pakistan has taken the lead in alarming the world that the worst may yet come.