October 20: National Deworming Day

Published: October 20, 2020

Every year, National Deworming Day is celebrated on February 10 and October 20 in India. Why National Deworming Day? India accounts to 28% of total number of global children between the age of 1 and 14 years of age at risk of Soil Transmitted Helminths. This is about 68% of children in India. These infections ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: Important Days & Events in Current Affairs

Topics: National Centre for Disease Control • national deworming day • soil transmitted Helminths • United Nations • World Health Organization

WHO backs India’s proposal against “COVID-19 Vaccine Nationalism”

Published: October 19, 2020

Early in October, 2020, India and South Africa urged the TRIPS Council of the World Health Organization to waive certain rules to scale-up research, development, manufacturing and supply of medical products to fight against COVID-19. This has been backed by the World Health Organization. Highlights India and South Africa had proposed to ease international and ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: COVID-19 vaccine • Intellectual Property • TRIPS • Vaccine nationalism • World Health Organization • World Trade Organisation

India to become free of Trans Fat by 2022

Published: October 17, 2020

On October 16, 2020, the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan announced that India has set a target of becoming trans-fat free by 2022. This target is year ahead of the target of World Health Organisation. The announcement was made when the Minister presided over an event organised by the food safety and Standards Authority ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Fit India Movement • Food and Agriculture Organization • Food Safety and Standards Authority of India • Trans fat • World Food Day • World Health Organization

Lancet: Life Expectancy in India increases to 70.8 years

Published: October 17, 2020

The recently published Lancet medical report says that the life expectancy of India has increased since 1990. Key findings of the report The life expectancy of India has increased from 59.6 years in 1992 to 70.8 years in 2019. Kerala has the highest life expectancy. In Kerala life expectancy has increased to 77.3 years. The ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Cardiovascular disease • Life expectancy • malnutrition • Maternal Mortality Ratio • Non-Communicable Diseases • Sustainable Development Goals • The Lancet • United Nations • World Health Organization

WHO to launch 120 million Rapid Diagnostic Tests for COVID-19

Published: September 29, 2020

On September 29, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that it will launch 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 joining hands with its partners. This will help lower- and middle-income countries to fill in the testing gap with richer countries. Highlights The WHO launched rapid diagnostic tests will be antigen based. The price of ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: ACT accelerator • antigen testing • COVID-19 testing • COVID-19 vaccine • PCR • PCR Test • RT-PCR • World Health Organization

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