Notably, while WHO may not be the sole source of funding for India’s various health programmes, the USA’s withdrawal from the agency would have an impact on India’s health initiatives and also prompt other Member States to increase funding to WHO.
The WHO has made an official request to China for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children in the country.
The vaccine was developed by the Jenner Institute at Oxford University and Serum Institute of India with support from the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (‘EDCTP’), the Wellcome Trust, and the European Investment Bank (‘EIB’).
A WHO representative said that fighters have occupied a central public laboratory holding samples of diseases including polio and measles in war torn Sudan