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National One Health Mission steering committee

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: National One Health Mission steering committee (GS2 · Health, 16 April 2025)

What happened

  • The second meeting of the NOHM Scientific Steering Committee was chaired by PSA Ajay Sood on 15 April 2025 [PIB].

Background

  • ICMR DG attended [PIB].

Why it matters

  • The mission targets diseases that jump from animals to people.

How to use this in Mains

GS-II Issues relating to development and management of health

  1. As per PIB (2025-04-16): the second meeting of the NOHM Scientific Steering Committee was chaired by PSA Ajay Sood on 15 April 2025.
  2. The mission targets diseases that jump from animals to people.
Quotable data point

The second meeting of the NOHM Scientific Steering Committee was chaired by PSA Ajay Sood on 15 April 2025.

PIB: NOHM SSC, 16 Apr 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: One Health.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Chair

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerOne Health Approach: Why Human, Animal and Environmental Health Are Linked, Zoonotic Diseases, the Global Quadripartite and India’s National One Health Mission (UPSC Notes + PYQs)ExplainerAntimicrobial Resistance (AMR): How Superbugs Arise, the Global and Indian Burden, Causes in Hospitals, Farms and the Environment, and India’s National Action Plan 2.0 (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: NOHM SSC, 16 Apr 2025

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