Q. The 70th edition of World Health Assembly (WHA70) has started in which city?
Answer: Geneva
Notes: The 70th edition of World Health Assembly (WHA70) has started in Geneva, Switzerland on May 22, 2017 and ends on May 31, 2017. In it, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia has elected a new Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO). He will succeed Dr. Margaret Chan and will take office for a five-year term on July 1, 2017. From India, J P Nadda, the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, has addressed the plenary meeting on the theme – ‘Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: building better systems for health'. The WHA is the forum through which the WHO is governed by its 194 member states. It is the world's highest health policy setting body and is composed of health ministers from member states.
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