India’s Health Secretary appointed as chairperson of key world health panel
NEW DELHI : India’s Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has been appointed as the chairperson of committee B at the 75th World Health Assembly, the Union Health Ministry informed on Tuesday.
This year the Committee B will discuss and prepare report on many important issues, which includes health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory including east Jerusalem and in the occupied Syrian Golan, WHO's budget for the year 2022-2023, prevention of sexual exploitation, and WHO reforms, among other important issues.
The World Health Organization takes direction for its goals and priorities from the 194 member states. Each year the World Health Assembly has a long and complex list of health challenges and responses to review.
The World Health Assembly functions through two types of committees i.e., Committee A and Committee B. Committee A meets to debate technical and health matters. “Committee A has listed critical issues to discuss during 75th WHA including pandemic preparedness and response, amendment in international health regulations 2005.
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