Current context: Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan, has inaugurated the 6th National Summit on Good, Replicable Practices and Innovations at Gandhinagar (Gujarat).
a. Asthma
b. Hepatitis
c. Pneumonia
d. AIDS
- The objective of the summit is to provide a platform to the health workers, functionaries, doctors etc. for sharing of knowledge and experiences with each other and meet health outcomes.
- SAANS campaign “Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully” was launched at the Summit to control Pneumonia.
- The initiative aims to create mass awareness about the effective solutions for pneumonia prevention including immunization, good quality air, breastfeeding etc.
- The interventions taken in the SAANS campaign for the most fatal childhood illnesses, Pneumonia are:
- A child suffering from Pneumonia will be treated with a pre-referral dose of Amoxicillin by ASHA.
- Pulse Oximeter will be used at the Health and Wellness Centre for identification of low oxygen levels in the blood.
Question:
Q.1 The SAANS campaign is recently launched by the Ministry of for Health & Family Welfare to fight against______?a. Asthma
b. Hepatitis
c. Pneumonia
d. AIDS
