<span style="color: #222222;">Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan today said that the COVID pandemic has given a chance to revisit and structurally re-imagine a robust public health infrastructure for the country.<br />''<br />'' Dr Harsh Vardhan said this, while addressing the two day CII Public Health Conference through video conference. Citing India's successful approach in containing and curing this novel health risk, he lauded the country's capacity to turn government schemes into a broader social movement that saw the complete eradication of small-pox and polio. <br />''<br />''He expressed hope that the Prime's Ministers goal of a tuberculosis free India by 2025 will be similarly achieved. <br />''<br />''Dr Harsh Vardhan expressed confidence that the government's boost to health infrastructure through Ayushman Bharat scheme will eradicate diseases like Kala-azar and Leprosy and push the Maternal Mortality Rate to near zero.</span><br />