{"id":3843,"date":"2026-04-16T13:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/india-flags-mental-health-lifestyle-diseases-as-new-brics-priorities-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:58:17","slug":"india-flags-mental-health-lifestyle-diseases-as-new-brics-priorities-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/india-flags-mental-health-lifestyle-diseases-as-new-brics-priorities-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"India flags mental health, lifestyle diseases as new BRICS priorities | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130300165,imgsize-30422,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/india-flags-mental-health-lifestyle-diseases-as-new-brics-priorities.jpg\" alt=\"India flags mental health, lifestyle diseases as new BRICS priorities\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: India has proposed a stronger focus on mental health and healthy lifestyles under its BRICS chairship on Wednesday, as it hosted the first Health Working Group meeting for 2026 in the capital.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The meeting brought together senior health officials from BRICS \u2014 a grouping of major emerging economies including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, along with partner countries \u2014 to discuss cooperation on key public health challenges.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/> <\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Union Health and Family Welfare held the first Health Working Group (HWG) meeting under the BRICS framework for 2026\" msid=\"130300247\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-130300247\/the-union-health-and-family-welfare-held-the-first-health-working-group-hwg-meeting-under-the-brics-framework-for-2026.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Highlighting a preventive and people-centric approach, India introduced two new priority areas \u2014 a BRICS Mission for Healthy Lifestyles and promotion of mental health and wellness \u2014 aimed at addressing risk factors such as unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, tobacco use and stress.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava said the Health Working Group would focus on building resilient and adaptable health systems through cooperation, mutual learning and evidence-based policymaking, while recognising the diverse needs of member countries.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The discussions also reiterated ongoing priorities, including the BRICS TB Research Network, collaboration on medical products regulation, digital health systems and early warning mechanisms for infectious diseases.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Officials emphasised the importance of strengthening health systems, improving access to affordable medicines and vaccines, and enhancing cooperation in research and innovation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Member countries expressed support for India\u2019s proposed priorities and highlighted the need for deeper collaboration on tuberculosis, equitable access to health technologies and addressing broader social determinants of health.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>The meeting concluded with agreement on a roadmap for future engagements under the BRICS Health Track 2026, focusing on cooperation, innovation and strengthening public health systems across member nations.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/india-flags-mental-health-lifestyle-diseases-as-new-brics-priorities\/articleshow\/130300083.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: India has proposed a stronger focus on mental health and healthy lifestyles under its BRICS chairship on Wednesday, as it hosted the first Health Working Group meeting for 2026 in the capital.The meeting brought together senior health officials from BRICS \u2014 a grouping of major emerging economies including Brazil, Russia, India, China and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-country"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}