Jagat Prakash NaddaPublic Record

Speeches & statements

A searchable record of 19 addresses and statements. Each entry gives the date, the event, the subject and a short neutral summary, with a link to the official source. Direct quotations appear only where the wording could be checked against an official release, and are kept short.

Jagat Prakash Nadda speaking into microphones with his right hand raised
Fig. 11.1Addressing a public programme.
Record 11 / Speeches & statements19 entries · 2015–2026Summaries are paraphrased from the source
About quotations

Only one direct quotation is used on this page. It is taken word for word from the Press Information Bureau release of the World Health Assembly address. Every other entry is a summary. Read the linked source for the full text.

Jagat Prakash Nadda with hands folded in greeting, wearing a patterned stole
Fig. 11.2Greeting the audience at a public meeting.
Jagat Prakash Nadda at a lectern with both arms raised
Fig. 11.3Addressing a public meeting.
  1. 17Sep 2026
    Public health

    World Patient Safety Day

    Subject: Patient safety and quality of care. Spoke on patient safety, hygiene and quality health care on World Patient Safety Day.

    Source: ANI

  2. Sep2026
    Global healthMedical education

    79th WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia, Dili — ministerial roundtable

    Subject: Human resources for health: equity in specialised care. Described the expansion of medical education in India. As reported by PTI, he cited growth from 387 to 858 medical colleges, from 51,348 to 1,42,464 MBBS seats and from 31,185 to 86,287 postgraduate seats since 2014.

    Source: The Tribune

  3. 23Jul 2026
    Global health

    16th BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting, Chandigarh

    Subject: BRICS health cooperation. Chaired the meeting under India’s BRICS Chairship; the BRICS Health Ministerial Declaration was adopted unanimously.

    Source: PIB

  4. 21May 2026
    Global healthDigital health & AI

    World Health Assembly side events, Geneva

    Subject: AI in health; lung-health screening. Addressed a side event on artificial intelligence in health and a Stop TB Partnership event on lung-health screening, co-hosted by India, Japan, the Philippines and Zambia.

    Source: PIB

  5. 19May 2026
    Global healthDigital health & AI

    79th World Health Assembly, Geneva — plenary

    Subject: Reshaping Global Health: A Shared Responsibility. Described India’s primary care network (over 1.85 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs), over 880 million digital health IDs, PM-JAY coverage, the SAHI strategy for AI in health, and Vaccine Maitri.

    “…the future of AI depends on our collective ability to build ethical and human-centric systems”Source: Press Information Bureau

    Source: PIB

  6. 09Mar 2026
    Parliament

    Rajya Sabha

    Subject: Conduct of business during a discussion on West Asia. Remarks as Leader of the House on disruptions during the discussion, as reported by All India Radio.

    Source: All India Radio News

  7. 05Mar 2026
    Global healthPublic health

    WHO headquarters press briefing (virtual)

    Subject: Cervical cancer elimination. Virtual address on India’s approach to cervical cancer prevention, including the national HPV vaccination campaign.

    Source: PIB

  8. 21Feb 2026
    Public health

    Central Research Institute, Kasauli

    Subject: Indigenous Td vaccine. Remarks at the launch of the Tetanus and adult Diphtheria vaccine produced by CRI Kasauli.

    Source: PIB

  9. 17Feb 2026
    Digital health & AI

    India AI Impact Summit, New Delhi

    Subject: Artificial intelligence in health care. Launched SAHI, a strategy for AI in health care, and the BODH initiative.

    Source: PIB

  10. 24Dec 2025
    Public health

    Advancing Public Health Outcomes Forum

    Subject: Quality of primary care. Stated that more than 30,000 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs had received National Quality Assurance Standards certification.

    Source: PIB

  11. 23Dec 2025
    Medical education

    Foundation of PPP medical colleges, Dhar and Betul

    Subject: Medical education. Cited the number of medical colleges as 819 and growth in MBBS seats from about 51,000 to 1.28 lakh.

    Source: PIB

  12. 17Dec 2025
    Global health

    Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine, New Delhi

    Subject: Traditional medicine. Address at the inaugural session at Bharat Mandapam.

    Source: PIB

  13. 20Nov 2025
    Public health

    National One Health Mission Assembly

    Subject: One Health. Video address on integrating human, animal and environmental health.

    Source: PIB

  14. 24Mar 2025
    Public health

    World TB Day summit

    Subject: Tuberculosis elimination. Presented results of the 100-day TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan and announced its nationwide expansion.

    Source: PIB

  15. 01Mar 2025
    Pharma & industry

    Jan Aushadhi Diwas

    Subject: Affordable generic medicines. Flagged off the Jan Aushadhi Diwas week.

    Source: PIB

  16. 07Dec 2024
    Public health

    Panchkula, Haryana

    Subject: 100-day TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan. Launch of the intensified campaign across 347 districts.

    Source: PIB

  17. 07Oct 2024
    Global health

    77th WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia, New Delhi

    Subject: Inaugural address as chair. Elected chair of the session and delivered the inaugural address.

    Source: PIB

  18. 16Dec 2016
    Global health

    6th BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting, New Delhi

    Subject: BRICS health cooperation. Address at the meeting hosted by India.

    Source: PIB

  19. 18May 2015
    Global health

    68th World Health Assembly, Geneva

    Subject: Presidency of the Assembly. Elected President of the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly.

    Source: WHO