Dear Rotary Leader,
I am excited to announce a potentially game-changing partnership between the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rotary India’s Covid Task Force on COVID to :
1. Promote mass immunization against COVID
2. Debunk myths and rumours associated with the COVID vaccines, COVID itself and with concerns associated with it, such as “Black Fungus”, “White Fungus”, et. al
3. Provide Palliative Care to patients suffering from COVID
4. Bolster the Health Care Infrastructure in India to be in readiness for any subsequent “Waves” of COVID.
Along with Vice Chairs of the Rotary India’s Covid Task Force PDG Deepak Kapur and PDG Ranjan Dhingra, I was privileged to attend a brainstorming session over a virtual call with the representatives of the Ministry , Health and Family Welfare and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation stationed in the “Ministry of Health War Room” in the offices of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on June 1.
We look forward to working with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in pursuance of the four objectives mentioned above. I will keep you apprised about further plans and look forward to your support and active participation in this endeavour.