Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria - Mission IndraDhanush

Question 1

Headquarters:

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Geneva, Switzerland

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Founded:

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28 January 2002

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Jurisdiction:

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Switzerland

Question 4

India has recently announced a contribution of ____ to the Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria (GFTAM)

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$22 million

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Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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the world’s largest government-sponsored health insurance scheme

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Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)

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India aims to end tuberculosis (TB) by

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2025

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World TB Day is observed on

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24 March

2022 Theme : Invest to End TB. Save Lives.

Question 9

Who found Mycobacterium Tubercolosis?

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Dr. Robert Koch in 1882

Question 10

Who launched by the Government of India includes vaccination for 12 diseases including TB?

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Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) , 1985

Question 11

___ was introduced and scaled up using Made-in-India vaccines to prevent rotaviral diarrhea and pneumococcal pneumonia in children.

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Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)

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HIV-AIDS

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Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus, Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome

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HIV is a type of virus called a

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retrovirus

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World AIDS Day is observed on

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1st December

Question 15

the combination of drugs used to treat HIV-AIDS is :

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Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)

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____ was launched in 2017 to bring back People Living with HIV who have left treatment after starting Anti Retro Viral Treatment (ART).

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“Mission Sampark”

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____ was launched in 2016 to tackle the rising HIV prevalence in north-eastern states, especially among people injecting drugs.

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‘Project Sunrise’

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Malaria is caused by

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Plasmodium parasites

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World Malaria Day is observed on

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25th April

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The Immunization Programme in India was introduced in

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1978 as ‘Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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the Programme was modified as ‘Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) in

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1985

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___ was launched to fully immunize more than 89 lakh children who are either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated under UIP

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Mission Indradhanush (MI)

provides vaccination against 12 Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (VPD)

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Under ____ , greater focus was given on urban areas which were one of the gaps of Mission Indradhanush

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Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI)

launched in October 2021

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Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0

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2019-20

was nationwide immunisation drive to mark 25 years of Pulse polio prog.

to achieve at least 90% pan-India immunisation coverage by 2022

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Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0

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launched in 2021

Focus: children and pregnant women who missed vaccine doses during COVID

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Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0

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2022
* will ensure that Routine Immunization (RI) services reach unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children and pregnant women

Question 27

____ is a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) disease

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BCG, or bacille Calmette-Guerin

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WHo never implemented universal BCG vaccination?

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Italy

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BCG was developed by

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Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin

first used in humans in 1921

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Father of Vaccine

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Edward Jenner

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In India, BCG was first introduced in a limited scale in

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1948

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The WHO (World Health Organisation) has launched a joint initiative :

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“Find. Treat. All. #EndTB”

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Who , has been appointed Chairman of the Stop TB Partnership Board?

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Dr. Harsh Vardhan

was established in 2001

secretariat is based at Geneva, Switzerland.

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(?) is awarded annually by Stop TB Partnership

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The Kochon Prize

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Stop TB Partnership Board was conceived following the meeting of the First Session of the

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Ad Hoc Committee on the Tuberculosis Epidemic

held in London in March 1998

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(?) is among the world’s oldest, most prestigious, and best known general medical journals

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The Lancet

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Who has the highest number of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases in the world?

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India

Question 38

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include ending the TB epidemic by

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2030 under Goal 3

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a web-based TB case monitoring system introduced by the government:

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Nikshay

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Who releases the Global Tuberculosis Report?

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WHO

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Which campaign aims to improve and expand the reach of TB care services across the country by 2022?

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TB Harega Desh Jeetega Campaign

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TB Harega Desh Jeetega CampaignThe Government of India has partnered with the Global Fund to launch :

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JEET (Joint Effort for Elimination of TB)

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The theme World Malaria Day 2022 is

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“Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives.”

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Name of Malaria Vaccine

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Mosquirix or RTS,S
* developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
* approved by the European Medicines Agency in 2015
* got launched in “Malawi”

Question 45

Which is the only high endemic country which has reported a decline of Malaria cases?

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India

Question 46

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently established ______ which is a conglomeration of partners working on malaria control

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‘Malaria Elimination Research Alliance-India (MERA-India)

Question 47

The WHO has also identified (?) countries with the potential to eradicate malaria by (?)

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25 , 2025

under its ‘E-2025 Initiative’