What is the theme of the World Patient Safety Day 2022?
- A. Patient in time of Pandemic
- B. Patient Safety first
- C. Hygiene Matters
- D. Medication Safety
Correct Answer: D. Medication Safety
World Patient Safety Day 2022 will be celebrate on 17 September 2022. World Patient Safety Day is one of WHO’s global public health days. It was established in 2019 by the Seventy-second World Health Assembly through the adoption of resolution WHA72.6 – “Global action on patient safety”. Its objectives are to increase public awareness and engagement, enhance global understanding, and work toward global solidarity and action by the Member States to enhance patient safety and reduce patient harm. It is in this context that medication Safety’ has been selected as the theme for World Patient Safety Day 2022, with the slogan ‘Medication Without Harm’. The global campaign reaffirms the objectives of the WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm launched by WHO in 2017.
Correct Answer: D. Indonesia
Bali will host the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) on 7—8 July 2022. Under the theme “Building a more peaceful, stable, and prosperous world together,” this meeting will act as a strategic forum to discuss global recovery efforts. The G20 FMM will consist of two sessions. The first session on strengthening multilateralism will explore joint actions to strengthen global collaboration and foster mutual trust among countries, creating an enabling environment that will support world stability, peace, and development. The second session on the Food and Energy crisis will discuss strategic actions to combat food insecurity, fertilizer shortage, and rising global commodity prices.
Correct Answer: B. China
The FATF President is a senior official appointed by the FATF Plenary from among its members for a term of one year. The term of the President begins on 1 July and ends on 30 June of the following year. The President convenes and chairs the meetings of the FATF Plenary and the Steering Group, and he/she oversees the FATF Secretariat. Xiangmin Liu of the People’s Republic of China assumed the position of President of the FATF on 1 July 2019. He succeeded Marshall Billingslea of the United States.
Correct Answer: B. October 21, 2022
Correct Answer: B. Leprosy
World Leprosy Day (WLD) is observed on the last Sunday of January. In 2022, World Leprosy Day is 30 January. The “United for Dignity” campaign calls for unity in honoring the dignity of people who have experienced leprosy. WHO Goodwill Ambassador for leprosy elimination launched the “Don’t forget leprosy” campaign.
Correct Answer: B. Palitha Gunarathna Mahipala
World Health Organisation`s representative for Pakistan Dr. Palitha Gunarathna Mahipala visited the flood-affected areas of Swat district on September 8, 2022. District health officer Dr. Mohammad Saleem Khan go with him and his delegation to Swat. Dr. Palitha Gunarathna Mahipala was appointed WHO Representative in Pakistan in April 2019. Dr. Mahipala is a medical specialist by profession. Before joining WHO, he was working as the Director-General of Health Services, Additional Secretary of Health, and Deputy Director of General Public Health Services, Government of Sri Lanka.
Correct Answer: A. Tashkent
The 16th ECO Summit will convene on November 9, 2023, in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. A member of the organization since November 1992, independent Uzbekistan will host for the first time a multilateral summit within the framework of ECO. In 2022, Uzbekistan chaired the ECO for the first time. Today, the ECO countries are the largest trade partners of Uzbekistan. According to the results of 2022, trade turnover between Uzbekistan and ECO countries totaled $12.3 billion, and in January-July 2023 – $5.8 billion.