New Delhi, Sept. 27 -- Representing India at the UN High-Level Meeting on 'Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response' in New York on September 25, Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava reaffirmed the nation's commitment to strengthening global health security through international cooperation.

She stressed the need to translate the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic into sustained investment, institutional capacity and resilient health systems.

Addressing the meeting at the United Nations Headquarters, Srivastava outlined India's coordinated approach to pandemic prevention and response across government and society, which covers a wide range of potential health emergencies.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Wel...