India, March 17 -- The rise of emerging and re-emerging health threats in recent times underscores the critical necessity of strengthened preparedness, enhanced surveillance, and well-coordinated international response mechanisms to safeguard global health security, said Union minister of state for health, Anupriya Patel, during the launch of three-day Quad workshop on 'Pandemic Preparedness for Indo-Pacific Region' in Delhi on Monday.

She added that India's digital disease surveillance system offers a valuable model for other countries seeking to strengthen their public health infrastructure.

The purpose of the three-day workshop, jointly organised by the ministries of health and external affairs, is to strengthen global health emergen...