Future Pandemic Preparedness and Emergency response ?- A Framework for Action #NitiAyog #pandemic #preparedness #arc #ashishrohillacompany
Former Secretary to Government of India ,Department of Biotechnology , Ministry of Science &Technology
The Vice Chairman Niti Aayog released the Report of the Expert Group on Future Pandemic Prepardeness and Emergency Response ,in the presence of Member Health ,Niti Aayog, CEO ,Niti Aayog and Secretaries and senior officals of different ministries and other Stake holders . It was a pleasure to Chair the Expert group and prepare this report with other members Dr Soumya Swaminathan ,Dr Sujeet Singh and Mr Rajib Sen after extensive consultstions with over 60 experts - National and International .Learnings from COVID and earlier outbreaks were important to capture both success stories and challenges. The Recommendations provide a roadmap for Pandemic Prepardness and Emergency response emphasing on building a framework to take action on day zero .The emphasis is on a New Legislation ,Preparing a 100 day response strategy ,A seperate Fund for Pandemic Prepardeness and Emergency response ,Robust Survelliance ,Data management ,Forecasting and Modelling ,Research on priority pathogens, Development of Counter measures ,A new Institute on Innovation research specially Vaccines,A mission on Therapeutics and many other critical needs . Thank you Dr Vinod Paul NITI AAYOG #DrSoumyaSwaminathan #SujeetSingh #RajibSen @SonaliRawal and Team #NITI We as a group look forward to these recommendations being taken ahead . The report link is below?? https://lnkd.in/dzEhWdXK