Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Health and the Italy Pavilion

The Commissioner General Paolo Glisenti and Italian Minister Roberto Speranza have signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Commissariat for the participation of Italy at Expo Dubai 2020 and the Ministry of Health in order to promote a range of themes at Expo Dubai 2020 such as: new AI applications in healthcare; sustainability of healthcare systems; nutrition and health, precision and gender medicine; best practices linked to digital transformation in medicine; innovation in the doctor-patient relationship; proximity medicine and the safeguard of personal data in the wider ranging context, as we aim for the 2030 Agenda Goals.

Among the other actions envisaged during the exhibition semester, the Ministry will promote an international conference on the Decade of Action on Nutrition of the United Nations. The aim is to enrich and structure the debate on Sustainable Development Goals linked to the importance of healthy diets stemming from the principles of the Mediterranean diet. Furthermore, an international conference will be held on the safeguard of fragile individuals and on the sustainability of healthcare systems. The objective will be to involve the largest possible number of partners in the drafting of a joint declaration supporting the spread of gender medicine.

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