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In a first, WHO Foundation appoints Indian-origin Anil Soni as CEO
Anil Soni
The World Health Organisation on Monday appointed Indian-origin global health expert Anil Soni as the first Chief Executive Officer of the newly launched WHO Foundation.
The WHO Foundation, launched in May 2020, works alongside the WHO to address most pressing health challenges across the world.
Soni, who served as a Head of Global Infectious Diseases at Viatris, a global healthcare company for over eight years, will assume his role as the WHO Foundations inaugural CEO on January 1, 2021.
The move as been taken in order to strengthen WHO Foundations funding, with an intent to bring in more private donations. The funding is expected to leave the global health body less vulnerable if a country withdraws or cuts funding as the United States did.
We are at a critical juncture for global public health. After months of combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, there is hope for several successful vaccine candidates. Beyond this crucial step, the path to recovery necessitates expanded investment in the many health priorities that have been compromised in recent months- from drops in vaccine coverage and HIV treatment to delays in cancer treatment. I’m thrilled to be joining the Foundation at such a critical moment and look forward to working with the Board to realize the Foundations mission, Soni said in a press release issued by the Foundation.
Speaking on Soni being appointed as the new CEO, WHO Chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, Anil is a proven innovator in global health who has spent two decades in service of communities affected by HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. He earned my trust when he and his team at the Clinton Health Access Initiative worked side by side with the Ministry of Health in Ethiopia to expand access to treatment and strengthen the management of our health centres. Anil has a unique set of skills that spans the public and private sectors, and his leadership of the Foundation will provide invaluable support to the mission of the WHO and billions of people who depend on it.
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Ahead of the WHO Foundation announcement, Anil Soni, during his interview with The Associated Press, said that his priority was to seek out corporate and individual donations. He said that the foundation would ultimately assume control of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, which has raised $238 million so far.
Nagpur News
Nagpur doctor invited as key speaker at Joint American Homeopathic Conference 2023 in US
Dr Kavita Chandak
Homeopath from Nagpur Dr Kavita Chandak, who has two Golden Book Of World Records for treating kidney disorders and success in a case of Mucor mycosis in her name, has been invited as a keynote speaker at the Joint American Homeopathic Conference 2023 based on the theme, Homeopathy in 21st century at San Antonio in United States.
In society, we get to see many cases where child born with mental or physical defects such as congenital heart defects, mental retardation, Down’s syndrome, Cleft palate, ADHD, Autism etc. though born from healthy parents. What could be the reason behind it?
Could homeopathy offer something for it? Dr. Chandak will deliver a 90 minutes session on March 26 on ‘Advancing a Healthier Generation with Homeopathy: Preventative measures for healthy birth and treatment approaches for unimpaired growth.’
She will throw light on the pre-birth causes in mother disturbing the birth of healthy baby creating mental and physical defects as well the preventive measures for initiating the creation of strong generation with Homeopathy.
Dr Chandak is an international trainer and speaker who has specialised in autism, psychiatric and behavioural disorders, kidney diseases and cancer. She has authored eight books and 294 health articles. She will be a keynote speaker in upcoming international congresses of Russia, Romania, Greece and the World Congress of Homeopathy, Colombia.
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Dipen Agrawal
Dr Dipen Agrawal, President – Chamber of Associations of Maharashtra Industry & Trade (CAMIT) has been nominated as member in Central Goods & Service Tax Grievance Redressal Committee (CGST GRC) Nagpur Zone.
At the outset Dr Dipen Agrawal while thanking Ramchandra Sankhla Chief Commissioner CGST, Vijay Rishi Commissioner Nagpur – 1 and Shri Abhay Kumar Commissioner Nagpur – 2 for giving representation to CAMIT in the recently reconstituted GRC for Nagpur Zone, said, the GRC has enabled revenue officers to have first-hand feedback on various policy initiatives undertaken by government. It also helped in ironing out the difficulties faced by trade in implementing provisions of GST, and to make GST a Grievance-free System of Taxation.
Dr Dipen Agrawal has appealed to fellow traders to forward/share their issues on [email protected] so as to get them addressed in the GRC Meetings. Active and quality participation of trade and professional associations in the committee will achieve the goals of resolving all grievances and issues faced by the tax collectors i.e. traders.
GRC is a platform to voice their grievances including procedural difficulties and IT related issues pertaining to GST and redressal at local level added Dr Agrawal.
Also read: NMC spends ₹20 crore on lighting trees for C20 in Nagpur
Ahead of the C20 meet, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has spent a staggering ₹20 crore on the lighting of trees on both sides of the roads of airport road, Wardha Road, Walker’s Street, airport road to RBI Square to name a few.
Also, over one lakh nails were hammered on 3000 trees for the installation of lights leaving several activists and residents irked. The C20 meet is scheduled for March 20 and 21 where hundreds of participants from 20 countries would be arriving in the city for a summit.
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Nagpur doctor invited as key speaker at Joint American Homeopathic Conference 2023 in US
CAMIT Chief Dipen Agrawal nominated as member in CGSTGRC Nagpur zone
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