Malaysia Stresses Equity In Global Health, Climate At BRICS Summit
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7 (Bernama) -- Malaysia believes that vaccine access, strong public health systems and the regulation of global medical supply chains are central to both national stability and international security.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stressed that when governments divert limited resources from essential services such as healthcare and clean water to service historical debts, financial systems designed to foster development instead hinder progress.
'Let us begin with a hard truth. In too much of the world, life expectancy remains shaped not by biology, but by income.
'The fact that a child's chance of surviving past the age of five is still largely determined by GDP per capita represents a failure for us all,' he said during his intervention at the 'Environment, COP30 and Global Health' session of the 17th BRICS Leaders Summit here today.
Malaysia, he said, welcomes the launch of the BRICS Partnership for the Elimination of Socially Determined Diseases.
'It reflects a clear understanding that disease cannot be meaningfully addressed without tackling the conditions that entrench it,' said Anwar.
The premier voiced Malaysia's support for deeper collaboration between BRICS and ASEAN to strengthen surveillance, accelerate knowledge transfer, and build resilience across borders.
He also reaffirmed Malaysia's commitment to a credible and just low-carbon transition, highlighting the country's pledge to reduce emissions intensity by 45 per cent by 2030 and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
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