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PANJIM: Aligning with the G20 Health Working Group agenda on Digital Health Innovations and Solutions to Aid Universal Health Coverage and Improve Healthcare Service Delivery towards One Earth, One Family, One Future, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organised the Digital Health Summit 2023 cobranded with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on Sunday.

The theme of the Summit was ‘Building One Health together – Improving Health equity’, with the objective of bringing together policy makers, industry leaders, and global healthcare experts and thought leaders to deliberate upon key issues confronting the digital health space.

Making an impactful address at the Inaugural, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr Bharati  Pravin Pawar began by describing India’s vision of “One Health for One Earth” in accordance with the G20 Presidency’s “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth, One Family, One Future”. 

Elaborating upon the importance of digital heath innovations, she mentioned such digital innovations are powering game changers in exponential medicine, including 3D printing, point-of-care diagnostics, robots, bioinformatics, genomics, and is emerging as an enabler and equaliser. 

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant highlighted about how Goa is building one of best public health infrastructure in India and was first to launch universal healthcare insurance for the people in the form of Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY). 

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