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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following Organisation has announced creation of $500 million pandemic insurance plan to combat disease outbreaks
A
WHO
B
IMF
C
World Bank
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -We’re fast-tracking $1 billion to help prevent, detect, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in India and strengthen its public health preparedness, the largest ever health sector support from the Bank to India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pandemics are known to cause widespread disruption, illness and hardship as we have experienced since 2020. An endemic means a disease is spreading in a community at the normal or expected level. A pandemic begins to shift to an endemic once the disease becomes more stable and manageable.

Detailed explanation-3: -A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease, such as a new influenza virus or the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Detailed explanation-4: -Historically, pandemics were most commonly associated with environmental exposures such as raw sewage, according to Jay Purdy, MD, PhD, vice president and therapeutic area lead in anti-infectives in the department of Global Medical Affairs at Pfizer.

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