World Health Organization releases the list of Global Health Challenges For 2020

Question: Who releases the list of Global Health Challenges for 2020.
(1) World Health Organization (WHO)
(2) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare ,India
(3) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
(4) Pan American Health Organization
Choose the correct one:
(a) Only(1)
(b) Only(2)
(c) Both (1) and (2)
(d) None of the above
Answer:(a)
Related facts:

  • On January 13, 2020 , World Health Organization (WHO) released the list of GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGES for 2020.
  • The list of Global Health Challenges is released every year by WHO.
  • The list of Global Health Challenges, 2020 included 13 potential threats.
  • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), climate crisis, eventuality of an influenza epidemic and spread of infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV and tuberculosis have topped the list of top global health challenges for 2020.
  • This is the second straight year that these challenges have topped the WHO’s list.
  • The list of 13 potential threats released by WHO –
  1. Climate crisis.
  2. Health care delivery in areas of conflict and crisis.
  3. Health care equity.
  4. Access to treatments.
  5. Infectious disease prevention.
  6. Epidemic preparedness.
  7. Unsafe products.
  8. Underinvestment in health workers.
  9. Adolescent safety.
  10. Improving public trust of health care workers.
  11. Capitalizing on technological advancements.
  12. Threat of anti-microbial resistance and other medicines.
  13. Health care sanitation.
  • The threats are not only diseases-related. It also includes other threats such as social media, infrastructure, human resources and new technologies.
  • The false and incomplete information easily and cheaply available on internet leads to major threats to health.
  • Some social media platforms are major threat to healthcare , as it is spread false information about diseases and spreads fears among people.

Links:
https://www.who.int/news-room/photo-story/photo-story-detail/urgent-health-challenges-for-the-next-decade
https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2020/01/15/who-health-challenges
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/health/amr-flu-pandemic-again-top-who-s-list-of-top-health-challenges-for-2020-68788