Question: Which Indian minister presided over the Ministerial Roundtable on “Emergency Preparedness” at 72nd Session of WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia on September 2, 2019?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Dr Harsh Vardhan
(d) Anurag Thakur
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Dr Harsh Vardhan
(d) Anurag Thakur
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- The 72nd Regional Committee Session of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) South-East Asia Region was held in New Delhi.
- Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan presided the chair in the Ministerial Roundtable on “Emergency Preparedness”.
- Eight Ministers of Health from 8 of the 11 countries of the WHO South East Asia Region (SEAR), Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region and senior officers of the Health Ministry were also present at the Ministerial Roundtable.
- Dr Harsh Vardhan also led the yoga session at the venue and the delegates practiced yoga.
- The Health Ministers of the South-East Asia Region of WHO also signed the Delhi Declaration on Emergency Preparedness.
- India also announced to contribute $2,00,000 towards implementation of the preparedness stream under the South-East Asia Health Emergency Response Fund (SEARHEF).
- Health ministers of six countries were felicitated for public health achievements in different sectors.
- Sri Lanka was recognized for eliminating measles while Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Thailand were felicitated for becoming the first four countries from the region to control Hepatitis B. Maldives was awarded for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.
- The Health Minister also informed that the government of India has provided timely medical supplies to 13 countries requiring humanitarian assistance spread over South East Asia, Asia Pacific and Africa worth 10 million US dollars.
- Cyclone Fani was highlighted as a case study in early preparedness and disaster management. Under accurate weather prediction, effective early warnings, sturdy preparedness for timely evacuation of nearly 1.15 million people to 6575 cyclone shelters, combined with other risk mitigation measures helped to save many human lives.
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