- India will move into a leadership role at the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters after the annual meeting of the global health body next month.
- The appointment of India’s nominee as chairperson of the WHO’s executive board will come at a time the world and the United Nations agency is struggling to stop the highly contagious Sars-Cov-2 pathogen from spreading.
- The Covid-19 pandemic has already killed more than 180,000 people worldwide and infected 2.6 million, forcing countries to go into lockdown mode that could cost the world upwards of $ 1 trillion this year.
- India will move into a leadership role at the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters after the annual meeting of the global health body next month
About WHO Founded: 7 April 1948 Member Countries- 193 Current Director of WHO- Tedros Adhanom Head Quarters- Geneva, Switzerland
Current WHO’s executive board chairman – Dr Hiroki Nakatani
Functions About executive board
- The Executive Board is composed of 34 individuals technically qualified in the field of health, each one designated by a Member State elected to do so by the World Health Assembly. Member States are elected for three-year terms.
- The Board meets at least twice a year; the main meeting is normally in January, with a second shorter meeting in May, immediately after the Health Assembly. The main functions of the Executive Board are to give effect to the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, to advise it and generally to facilitate its work.
