The meeting of G20 health ministers on
Monday approved the 'Pact of Rome' and pledged to make sure the
population of the whole world has access to COVID-19 vaccines.
"The Pact of Rome was unanimously approved by all of the G20
countries," Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza told a news
conference at the end of the two-day meeting in Rome.
"Together it was decided to make a commitment to reinforce the
health systems.
"The first point in investment in health systems.
"We want to defend the universal framework - you have the right
to be treated regardless of your class or race".
He said that the world's largest economies had made a commitment
to "take the (COVID-19) vaccines to the most fragile countries".
"We want to build the conditions to make it possible for
production to other parts of the world," he added.
Speranza called for the adoption of a 'one-health' approach.
"We want to invest in the One Health approach, looking at human
beings, animals and the environment as a single ecosystem to
respond to the health emergencies of today and tomorrow,"
Speranza said.
European Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, meanwhile,
described antibiotic resistance as a "silent pandemic" and said
the issue should be included in an international agreement on
preparation for, and responses to, pandemics.
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