Second Global Health Forum of Boao Forum for Asia: A Call for Innovation and Collaboration to Promote the Progress of the Global Health System
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QINGDAO, China, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
*An inspiring discussion on international COVID-19 vaccine cooperation
Over 1,500 experts, scholars, government medical officials, and representatives
of non-government organizations and pharmaceutical companies convened in
Qingdao for the second Global Health Forum ("GHF") of Boao Forum for Asia. The
four-day affair, which commenced on June 1, explored the theme "Health Beyond
Health: In the Year of Sustainable Development 2030."
International promotion and application of new COVID-19 vaccines was the topic
of heavy discussion for global collaboration, international procurement
standards and procedures, along with global mutual recognition. Dr. Wang Yu,
Expert Consultant of GHF urged R&D institutions and manufacturers to pay close
attention to the completeness and coverage of data and to adopt a systematic
approach in line with the WHO.
When it comes to global application, Dr. Wang Yu strongly believes in the
advantages of working with the United Nations Procurement Division(UNPD) to
make COVID-19 vaccines more widely available. "To have the vaccines
internationally distributed and mutually recognized would need permits and
approvals from the United Nations, therefore the vaccine manufacturers need to
prepare themselves with international vision and sketching of each phase
procedure in line with WHO's standards and requirements which will greatly
facilitate global distribution" said Dr. Wang at Session 2: Health in All
Policies - 2021 Forum on UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Meanwhile in Session 11: Universal Health Coverage - R&D, Accessibility and
Affordability of COVID-19 Vaccines, Zheng Zhongwei, Director of the Development
Center for Medical Science and Technology, National Health Commission of the
People's Republic of China, reported data from a survey done by Chile's
Ministry of Health on the 13.25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China,
when addressing the accessibility of vaccines in global supply.
"It was found that 14 days after vaccination, the effective rate of preventing
infection to be 65.3%, preventing hospitalization 87%, severe illness 90%, and
death 86%," said Director Zheng.
China's vaccines, for example, have presently been approved for conditional
marketing in over 100 countries and will be able to provide one billion doses
this year and many more in 2022. Vaccine supplier, CanSinoBIO has also
innovated its marketing approaches to export the vaccine stock instead of
injection sets to reduce the cost of logistics and storage. In addition,
CanSinoBIO cooperates with local vaccine filling companies to dispatch on-site
experts to work through the proper filling processes and standards in order to
meet the high demands of vaccine supply.
Advocating collaboration and innovation, GHF witnessed inspiring proposals,
successful cooperation projects and meaningful lessons from policy standards
leaders, corporate CEOs and opinion leaders in the medical and health field.
Further topics discussed at sub-forums included unmet health needs in the
current era, new technological advancements and boundaries, and new health
service models.
For more information, please visit: http://www.ghfbfa.cn
About Global Health Forum of Boao Forum for Asia
Global Health Forum of Boao Forum for Asia, initiated in 2018 to build a
comprehensive platform with high representativeness and authoritativeness in
the health field for high-end dialogues and practical cooperation that
integrates governments, businesses and higher education institutions based on
its features and advantages. Committed to pooling wisdom of the entire industry
and promoting interdisciplinary collaboration, it focuses on the frontiers and
cross-border integration trends of the big health industry.
SOURCE: Global Health Forum of Boao Forum for Asia
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