ADDIS ABABA – Addis Ababa would host India’s health conference slated for October first designed to bring global healthcare stakeholders together to consolidate cooperation and create synergies towards holistic healthcare, Embassy of India announced.
The embassy stated that India would organize the conference on “one earth, one health and healthcare beyond boundaries” on 1 October 2024 in Addis Ababa.
In a press release sent to The Ethiopian Herald, the Embassy of India expressed that the event will strengthen the global ecosystem for health-related issues for bringing all the stakeholders in a single platform to share their ideas and work towards creating synergies.
The release indicated that the Embassy of India to Ethiopia and Permanent Mission to the African Union will organize the event in order to further strengthen health related concepts.
The statement also added that these concepts are also aligned with the health-related objectives of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and United Nation’s Agenda 2030.
According to the embassy, the participants of the conference are policy makers, hospitals and medical professionals including traditional medicine experts, medical value travel professionals, international organizations, national representatives and other stakeholders.
The historic and path breaking diplomatic initiative taken by India during G-20 Presidency last year resulted in Permanent Membership to African Union in G-20, the statement mentioned.
Accordingly, one of the important outcomes of the initiative was India’s call for One Earth, One Health and Healthcare beyond Boundaries which has vision to strengthen the global ecosystem for health-related needs while ensuring quality, affordability and accessibility of top-quality healthcare for all, the embassy recalled.
BY MISGANAW ASNAKE
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2024
