Question

Who launched India's first 'One Health Consortium'?

• A. Ministry of Home Affairs
• B. Ministry of Science and Technology
• C. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
• D. Ministry of Education

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Ministry of Science and Technology

• Recently, the Department of Biotechnology has launched the country’s first One Health consortium.

• The Department of Biotechnology is an Indian government department, under the Ministry of Science and Technology

• This Consortium consisting of 27 organisations is one of the biggest one health programs launched by India in post-Covid times.

• It envisages carrying out surveillance of important bacterial, viral and parasitic infections of zoonotic and transboundary pathogens in India.

• It also looks into the use of existing diagnostic tests and the development of additional methodologies for the surveillance and understanding the spread of emerging diseases.