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In a important determination towards advancing the Healthy Andhra Pradesh mission, the State Government connected Monday constituted a high-level advisory committee of 10 internationally recognised experts. The sheet has been tasked with preparing a broad enactment program to fortify nationalist wellness systems and steer semipermanent reforms. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu approved the connection submitted by Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav aft a elaborate circular of consultations.
Members of the Advisory Group
Sir Peter Piot, erstwhile Executive Director of UNAIDS; Dr Soumya Swaminathan, erstwhile Chief Scientist astatine the WHO; Prof Ik Ing Tiew, Dean of Public Health astatine the National University of Singapore; Dr Gagandeep Kang, Director astatine the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Dr Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman of AIG Hospitals successful Hyderabad; Prof Margaret Elizabeth Kruk of the Harvard School of Public Health; Dr Nikhil Tandon, Professor astatine AIIMS New Delhi; Rizwan Koita, Chairman of the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals; Srikanth Nadhamuni, Founder of Khosla Labs; and erstwhile Union Secretary Arti Ahuja.
First gathering successful December
The committee volition clasp its archetypal gathering successful mid-December nether the chairmanship of the Chief Minister. The league volition see extended discussions connected cardinal components of the Healthy Andhra Pradesh mission. The sheet is required to conscionable astatine slightest doubly a year, with further meetings convened arsenic needed.
The High-Level Expert Advisory Group volition reappraisal advancement crossed ongoing initiatives and formulate an integrated enactment program to accelerate Andhra Pradesh’s translation into a health-forward State. Its mandate includes designing a holistic strategy aligned with the Swarna Andhra Vision 2047 to guarantee cosmopolitan wellness and well-being; proposing innovative and scalable interventions to amended maternal and kid wellness and trim the load of non-communicable diseases; recommending technology-enabled measures to fortify coordination crossed State and Central wellness programmes; and helping presumption Andhra Pradesh arsenic a starring nationalist and planetary hub successful the wellness sector.
