India wins UN award for its initiative to control and prevent hypertension | Daily Current Affairs Dose

India wins UN award for its initiative to control and prevent hypertension | Daily Current Affairs Dose

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India wins UN award for its initiative to control and prevent hypertension | Daily Current Affairs Dose

India wins UN award for its initiative to control and prevent hypertension: In a significant achievement and recognition of the country's efforts against hypertension, India has won a UN award for its initiative to control and prevent hypertension under the government's National Health Mission.

India wins UN award for control and prevent hypertension: Key Highlights

The Indian Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) won the ‘2022 UN Interagency Task Force and WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care Award’ at the UN General Assembly side event held at New York in the USA.

The UN award recognizes outstanding commitment and action of India to: (i) prevent and control Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and (ii) deliver integrated people-centric primary care. The UN Task Force has identified an organisation which has a multisectoral approach in prevention and control of NCDs and multisectoral action with demonstrated results at primary care for prevention and control of NCDs and related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic

• President of India: Droupadi Murmu 
• Vice President of India: Jagdeep Dhankhar
• Prime Minister of India: Narendra Modi 
• Chief Justice of India: Uday Umesh Lalit 
• Lok Sabha Speaker of India: Om Birla 
• Capital of India: New Delhi 
• Largest city of India: Mumbai 
• Official languages of India: Hindi / English 
• Currency of India: Indian rupee (₹) (INR) 
• Total Population of India 2018 estimate: Neutral increase 1,352,642,280