Indonesia's G20 HWG Meeting Series Urges World Leaders to Be Prepared for Future Pandemics
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LOMBOK, Indonesia, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
The second Health Working Group (HWG) meeting brought global leaders to
initiate a new global emergency fund for future pandemics and focused on
facilitating greater sharing of genomic sequencing data, as well as how the
Financing Intermediary Fund (FIF) functions under the World bank in preparing
for future pandemics.
The Indonesian Health Minister, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, encouraged the G20 member
states not let pandemic stride without learning valuable lessons.
"Only through great earthquakes, lofty mountains rise. I believe this is true,
not only for volcanoes, but also for our humanity. During every crisis, lie
great opportunities," said in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
The main issues addressed in the 6 to 8 June 2022 meeting were mobilization of
financial resources for future pandemic responses.
G20 member states discussed lessons learned from the successes of medical
countermeasures initiatives, such as COVAX and the ACT-accelerators that worked
efficiently during the pandemic in ushering vaccines, therapeutics, and
diagnostics.
G20 and its partners, such as GISAID, now is looking at the optimization of
genomic surveillance and trusted data sharing mechanisms, allowing the world to
quickly identify novel pathogens that may pose new threats to global health
security.
"We need a more permanent coordinating platform that can address five cores
such as access to countermeasures, emergency coordination, collaborative
intelligence, community protection; and clinical care to patients in need,"
said the Minister of Health.
Indonesia has committed to donate USD50 million to the FIF. As part of the G20
presidency mandate, Indonesia will also lobby organizations and donors to
ensure that the fund benefit the right target countries to prevent conflicting
interests from donors and organizations.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's General Secretary, was commended
Indonesia's presidency to prioritize the establishment of global health system
architecture and putting it in the G20 agenda.
"We must learn from the lessons this pandemic has taught us because this will
not be the last one," said Dr. Tedros.
To access the Health Working Group plenary opening ceremony and press
conference, visit https://www.youtube.com/c/KementerianKesehatanRI.
Source: The Indonesian Ministry of Health
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