Director IMTech speaking at the 2nd World Conference on Access to Medical Products, Achieving the SDGs 2030

09 - October - 2018

Dr. Koul, speaking at the 2nd World Conference on Access to Medical Products, Achieving the SDGs 2030, inaugurated by Hon'ble Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri JP Nadda. The conference is organised by WHO and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Dr Koul spoke about innovation in public heath.

Shri Ashwini Kumar Chaubey, Minister of State (HFW), Smt. Anupriya Patel, Minister of State (HFW), Smt. Preeti Sudan, Secretary (Health), Dr. Balram Bhargava, Secretary, Dept. of Health & Research (DHR) and DG, ICMR, Dr. Mariângela Batista Galvão Simão, Assistant Director-General for Drug Access, Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals, WHO Geneva, Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO SEARO, Dr. RK Vats, Additional Secretary, Health Ministry, and Dr. Henk Bekedam, WHO Representative to India, also graced the occasion. State Health Ministers and Principal Secretaries from several states in India were also present.

The main objective of the 2nd World Conference 2018 is to take forward the recommendations from the 1st World Conference 2017 and build on the work done for access to medical products in the context of SDGs (including trade agreements) in line with GPW 13 of WHO, foster new approaches in innovation landscape for medical products and health technologies for accelerating research and innovation and identify knowledge, information and policy options on the interface of international trade and health to achieve SDG 2030 goals.(Data source: PIB)