Historical Organization
BRICS Health Ministers
BRICS Health Ministers
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Organization Timeline
First BRICS health ministers’ meeting adopts Beijing Declaration
đź“… 11 July 2011Health ministers proposed cooperation and technology transfer to improve access to affordable medicines and other public-health goods.
BRICS health ministers endorse disease-elimination partnership
đź“… 17 June 2025Ministers backed joint action on diseases linked to poverty and inequality, with attention to tuberculosis and vaccine cooperation.
BRICS health ministers conclude Chandigarh meeting
📅 24 July 2026WHO reports that the health ministers met on 23–24 July in India; this row records the final day.
Health ministers recognize traditional medicine cooperation
📅 24 July 2026The meeting’s declaration included commitments on evidence-informed traditional medicine collaboration.
BRICS creates a traditional medicine expert working group
📅 24 July 2026WHO says the health ministers’ meeting produced a new expert group to develop cooperation.
Chandigarh declaration connects research and regulation
📅 24 July 2026The WHO account links the meeting’s traditional care work to safety, evidence and policy.
BRICS strengthens health emergency cooperation
đź“… 12 September 2026The declaration welcomed a dedicated subgroup for a BRICS integrated early warning system for mass infectious diseases and emphasized surveillance and rapid response.