<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Union Health Minister Manshukh Mandaviya on Friday said improving health and pharma sector, including establishing robust supply chain for pharma products, is a major priority for the developing world.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Addressing a Conference on Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana with Heads of Missions in Delhi, Mr Mandaviya said government's goal is to focus on improving accessibility and affordability of medicines and medical devices for the citizens.  He said India has strong generic medicine industries with fifty percent exports. He added that India contributes in a big way for making medicines affordable for people in many countries.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The Health Minister said that since 2014, government has worked to extend affordable healthcare through various programmes including cashless treatment, opening health and wellness centres, and popularising generic medicines through Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Speaking on the occasion, External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar said the challenge of making affordable medicines available to the people is a key area of today's conference. He said the global debate on how to make health access more affordable has brought everyone together. He said he defined health in terms of three As – affordable, accessible and available.</span></p>