{"id":56805,"date":"2018-09-10T18:37:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T18:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=56805"},"modified":"2018-09-10T18:37:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T18:37:20","slug":"dr-poonam-khetrapal-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/dr-poonam-khetrapal-singh\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: How many countries are included in the WHO South-East Asia Region?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(a) 11<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(b) 12<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(c) 10<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(d) 13<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Answer: (a)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>On 5 September, 2018<\/strong>, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh was nominated for a <strong>second five-year term as Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>She was unopposed by the 11 Member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region met at the Regional Committee session.<\/li>\n<li>It is worth to note that she is the first woman to become Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia Region (first term 1 February 2014) that accounts for one quarter of the world\u2019s population.<\/li>\n<li>She is serving since four decades in health services and has graced on numerous distinguished senior post such as in IAS, World Bank and WHO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Achievements as Office Bearer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>During his tenure the region was certified polio free status in 2014 which is maintained yet.<\/li>\n<li>The Region eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus becoming only the second WHO Region to do so. Countries in the Region have reduced maternal, under-5 and neonatal mortality rates to levels below the SDG targets.<\/li>\n<li>Four countries in the Region have eliminated measles and six have controlled rubella.<\/li>\n<li>The maternal mortality rates in the Region have reduced by 69%, the steepest decline in any WHO Region during the MDG era.<\/li>\n<li>Among neglected tropical diseases, India eliminated yaws; Nepal eliminated trachoma, while Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand have eliminated lymphatic filariasis. Two countries \u2013 Maldives and Sri Lanka have eliminated malaria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About WHO in South-East Asia:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>WHO SEARO (South-East Asia Regional Office) provides leadership on health matters, articulates evidence-based policy options, provides technical support to countries and monitors health trends.<\/li>\n<li>The region comprise 11 member countries named Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka,Thailand and Timor-Leste.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>References-<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.searo.who.int\/mediacentre\/releases\/2018\/1698\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.searo.who.int\/mediacentre\/releases\/2018\/1698\/en\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.searo.who.int\/about\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.searo.who.int\/about\/en\/<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: How many countries are included in the WHO South-East Asia Region? (a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 13 Answer: (a) Related facts: On 5 September, 2018, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh was nominated for a second five-year term as Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia. She was unopposed by the 11 Member countries of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[2348],"class_list":["post-56805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pers","tag-personalities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}