The evaluation, which took place 18-25 Sept last year, in Washington and Atlanta, was conducted using the third edition of the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) tool.
WHO report highlights urgent need for action to reduce air pollution-related health risks, and its integration into the global agenda on non-communicable diseases.
The new strategy document incorporates key policy documents on oral health, including the resolution on oral health, the global strategy on oral health and the global oral health action plan.
The WHO report emphasizes the progress made in implementing the Triple Billion targets and health-related indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
India's pollution increased last year, with PM2.5 levels about 11 times higher than the WHO standard, with New Delhi performing worst at 92.7 micrograms.
China's National Health Commission spokesperson Mi Feng linked the surge to the simultaneous circulation of several kinds of pathogens, most prominently influenza.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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