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147th
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37th
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157th
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152th
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Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains Which country chaired the recent session of Executive Board of WHO, held in January 2021? Notes: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan chaired the 148th session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization, through video conference.
Detailed explanation-2: -Its World Health Assembly, the agency’s decision-making body, elects and advises an executive board made up of 34 health specialists. It selects the director-general, sets goals and priorities, and approves the budget and activities. The current director-general is Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia.
Detailed explanation-3: -India became a party to the WHO Constitution on 12 January 1948. The first session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia was held on 4-5 October 1948 in the office of the Indian Minister of Health.