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Technological innovation has brought significant progress in public health. The trilateral cooperation among WIPO, WHO, and WTO aims to strengthen the experience and factual information basis of policy makers and support them in handling public health issues involving intellectual property rights and trade. With the continuous deepening and expansion of trilateral cooperation, innovative technologies in the medical field will surely benefit more people.
———Wang Binying, Deputy Director-General of World Intellectual Property Organization -
COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic, and we must prepare for the next one. Investing in prevention is very important. We need to deploy a lot of resources in hospitals, to educate, and to collaborate.
———Jagan Chapagain, Secretary-General of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies -
The Covid-19 has prompted government policymakers to increase the resilience of the health system and integrate health into the mainstream of social development.
———Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Ministry of Public Health, Thailand -
The pandemic has taken a devastating toll on people around the world. We need to focus our efforts to learn from pandemic.Drug resistance, climate change, and other global challenges and threats all require us to work together to tackle.
———Chris Fearne, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Ministry of Health,Malta -
We need to link social and economic development with environmental protection, improve people’s well-being, and take new measures to facilitate the realization of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. We have witnessed the health risks posed by climate change, but investments in this area are truly insufficient. Under such circumstances,our medical system needs to be further strengthened, and our communication with other government departments should be conducted.
———Han Seung-soo, Former Prime Minister of South Korea -
Health is the primary asset of every nation, because healthy people are the backbone of our economy, and health is also the source of personal happiness.
———Dame Sally DAVIS, Former Chief Medical Officer for England