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Global Ebola vaccine stockpile
The Global Ebola Vaccine stockpile was recently established by four international health and humanitarian organizations. What are the four international organizations that established Global Ebola Vaccine Stockpile? World Health Organization (WHO), Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and UNICEF. What is International Coordinating Group (ICG)? Together WHO, ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Ebola vaccine • GAVI • UNICEF • United Nations • WHO
FSSAI new Trans Fat levels
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recently announced that all edible refined oils, vegetable fat spreads, Vanaspati, margarines, Bakery shortening and mixed fat spreads can contain only 3% or less trans fats. This is to be implemented by January 2021. By January 2022, this is to be further reduced to 2%. This is ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: FSSAI • REPLACE • REPLACE campaign • REPLACE strategy • Trans fat • WHO
Pneumosil: India’s First Pneumonia Vaccine
The Serum Institute of India recently unveiled the first indigenously developed Pneumococcal Vaccine called Pneumosil. The vaccine was launched by the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. About the Vaccine Pneumosil was developed through collaboration with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and PATH organization. It has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: GAVI • indigenous vaccine • PCV vaccine • Pneumonia • Pneumonia Deaths • pneumosil • Serum Institute of India • WHO
WHO List of ten Global Health issues
The World Health Organization recently released a list of Global Health Issues. According to the WHO, these are the issues the world will have to deal with in 2021 due to inadequacies of health system created due to COVID-19. According to WHO, the pandemic could set back the global health progress achieved in the last ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: AMR • COVID-19 • health issues • microbial resistance • WHO • World Health Organisation
World Malaria Report, 2020
The World Malaria Report, 2020 was recently released by the World Health Organisation. As per the report, India recorded the largest reduction in malaria cases in South East Asia. The case count has reduced from 20 million in 2000 to around 5.6 million in 2019. The report also stated that the global malaria case count ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Africa • Malaria • WHO • World Health Organisation (WHO) • world malaria report