නලින්දට - ආසියා ෆැසිපික් ඇමති සමුළුවේ තනතුරක්

Newswire reports that Sri Lanka’s Health and Mass Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa was elected a vice-chair of the Fifth Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference, which began in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday, the 28th. Newswire says the conference was held at the United Nations Conference Centre and jointly organised by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the Royal Thai Government.

Newswire reports that Jayatissa addressed the conference on the slowdown in global progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. He argued that artificial intelligence and other digital technologies should be integrated into national public health systems to improve disease surveillance, assess health risks linked to climate change, strengthen disaster preparedness and widen access to healthcare.

Newswire says Jayatissa also called for developing countries facing financial and capacity constraints to be able to benefit from emerging technologies. He urged greater regional cooperation to share technological tools, expertise and resources and build institutional capacity.

Newswire reports that Sri Lankan Ministry of Health and Mass Media Secretary Anil Jasinghe, Public Service Commission member Sanath Panawenna and officials from Sri Lanka’s embassy in Thailand also attended.