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UNIATF AWARD

Sept. 13, 2018

Manoj Jhalani, Additional Secretary & Mission Director (NHM), Ministry of Health, has been awarded the UNIATF Award for his outstanding contribution towards prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

About:

  • The United Nations Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) on the Prevention and Control of NCDs coordinates the activities of relevant UN organizations to support Governments to meet high-level commitments to respond to NCD epidemics worldwide.

  • The commitments were made by Heads of State and Government in the 2011 Political Declaration on NCDs.

  • The Task Force was established by the UN Secretary-General in 2013 and placed under the leadership of WHO.

Source : PIB

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