⇒ India’s health secretary, Shri Rajesh Bhushan, has been appointed as the Chairperson of Committee B of the 75th World Health Assembly on 24 May 2022 that primarily deals with financial and management matters of the United Nations’ health body.
Key Points:
» Each year the World Health Assembly has a long and complex list of health challenges and responses to review. The assembly functions through two types of committees— committee A and committee B.
- Committee A is meant to discuss technical and health matters; and the other committee debates financial and administrative issues.
» The annual World Health Organisation (WHO) assembly was held from between May 22 and 28 in Geneva, Switzerland.
» WHO was established to promote health and ease the burden of disease worldwide; and the UN body takes direction for its goals and priorities from its 194 member states that includes India.