CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Shri Mansukh Mandaviya took over charge as the Chairperson of Stop TB Partnership Board today. The Minister will hold the responsibility with immediate effect until 2024.

Detailed explanation-2: -Q. Which country took charge as the Chair of Stop TB Partnership Board in 2021? Notes: India’s Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya takes charge as Chairperson of Stop TB Partnership Board.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chair. Mr. Mansukh Mandaviya is the Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in the Government of India.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Stop TB Partnership was established in 2001 to eliminate tuberculosis as a public health problem. Its 1500 partner organizations include international, nongovernmental and governmental organizations and patient groups. The secretariat is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and, since 2015, has been administered by UNOPS.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 2005, the World Health Assembly recognized the need for a new strategy that would build upon and enhance the achievements of DOTS. The Stop TB Strategy, launched on World TB Day in 2006, is designed to meet the TB-related Millennium Development Goal (MDG) as well as the Stop TB Partnership targets set for 2015.