CARTAGENA (COLOMBIA): (Mar 29) India has pledged to reduce the health impacts of air pollution by 2040, aligning its actions with the National Clean Air Programme at the concluding session of the second World Health Organisation (WHO) conference on air pollution and health here.
Speaking at the conference organised in Colombian city of Cartagena, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s Aakash Shrivastava said that the Indian government is “committed to supporting the health sector” and will “promote cleaner cooking energy, particularly for vulnerable populations.”
“The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India, is committed to supporting the health sector with actions in alignment with the National Clean Air Programme to reduce the health impacts of air pollution by 2040. We will strengthen air pollution and noncommunicable disease surveillance, promote cleaner cooking energy, particularly for vulnerable populations, and support clinicians in protecting at-risk patients,” Shrivastava said. PTI
