G20 Health Ministers Meet 2022

G20 Health Ministers Meet 2022: Relevance for UPSC Exam

G20 Health Ministers Meet 2022: G20 grouping is important for UPSC Prelims Exam (International Organizations) and UPSC Mains GS Paper 2 (International Relations- Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests).

G20 Health Ministers Meet 2022 in News

• Recently, Indian Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya addressed Second G20 Health Ministers Meet 2022 in Bali, Indonesia.
• The purpose of the G20 Health Ministers meeting 2022 was to discuss the progress and way forward on priorities in the healthcare sector.

India at G20 Health Ministers Meet 2022

• Indian Minister said that India is committed to protecting global health and making sure we leave behind for the coming generations a better and healthier planet to live in.
• India is committed to contributing immensely to creating a future-ready and resilient global healthcare ecosystem.
• At the same time he also elaborated on building global health resilience wherein the proposal of a Financial Intermediary Fund was discussed.
• He also highlighted-
  • The need to acknowledge existing fault lines in the Global Health Architecture and
  • The importance of building an inclusive, agile and responsive framework for health emergency management.

G20 Summit 2022

• Background: The G20 was formed in 1999 in the backdrop of the financial crisis of the late 1990s that hit East Asia and Southeast Asia in particular.
  • The first G20 Summit took place in 2008 in Washington DC, US.
• About: G20 is a global grouping that aims to secure global financial stability by involving middle-income countries.
  • In addition to G20 Summits, the Sherpa meetings (that help in negotiations and building consensus), and other events are also organised throughout the year.
• G20 Members: Full members of G20 are- Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union.
  • Each year, the presidency invites guest countries.
• G20 Secretariat: The G20 has no permanent secretariat.
• G20 Sherpas: The agenda and work are coordinated by representatives of the G20 countries, known as ‘Sherpas’, who work together with the finance ministers and governors of the central banks.
  • India recently said ex-NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant would be the G20 Sherpa after Piyush Goyal.
• Significance: Together, the G20 countries include 60 per cent of the world’s population, 80 per cent of global GDP, and 75 per cent of global trade.
• G20 Presidency: The presidency of the G20 rotates every year among members. Presently Indonesia have the G20 Presidency.
  • G20 Presidency 2023: India will inherit the G20 Presidency for the year 2023.
• G20 Troika: Country holding the G20 presidency, together with the previous and next presidency-holder, forms the ‘Troika’ to ensure continuity of the G20 agenda.
  • Italy, Indonesia, and India are the Troika countries right now.

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