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New Health initiatives

May 3 , 2023 574 days 412 0
  • PRET and the Big Catch-up initiatives have been launched recently.
  • The Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats (PRET) Initiative was launched by WHO.
  • It will operate under the aegis of the International Health Regulations (IHR).
  • It focuses on improving pandemic preparedness for groups of pathogens based on their mode of transmission.
  • The Big Catch-Up Initiative was launched by the WHO, UNICEF, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • It aims to protect populations from vaccine-preventable outbreaks like measles, diphtheria, polio and yellow fever.

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