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Posted 22 Aug 2024
Updated 27 Aug 2024
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WHO Tobacco Cessation Guideline
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first-ever clinical treatment guideline for tobacco cessation in adults.
- It is expected to help more than 750 million tobacco users who want to quit all forms of tobacco but find it difficult to do so.
- More than 60 per cent of the world’s 1.25 billion tobacco users want to quit, yet 70 per cent lack access to effective cessation services.
- Reasons: inefficient health systems, lack of resources, etc.
- Recommendations combine medication and behavioural interventions.
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- WHO
- Tobacco Cessation
State Of Food Security And Nutrition
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report, 2024 released
- The report has been prepared by five specialized agencies of the United Nations-FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, and WHO.
- The theme of the report focuses on the financing to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms.
Need for the New Definition
- Absence of a coherent picture of the financial resources spent on food security and nutrition.
- Existence of Multiple definitions creating problems like underfinanced areas, issue accountability of institutions, and tracking of progress.
The report puts forward a new definition of financing for food security and nutrition
- Refers to the public and private financial resources, both domestic and foreign, directed towards eradicating hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition.
- It aims at availability, access, utilization and stability of nutritious and safe foods, along with strengthening the resilience of agrifood systems.
Current gaps in financing
- Public spending on agriculture per capita is very low and not steadily growing in low-income countries (LICs) and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs)
- Food security and nutrition take less than a quarter of official development assistance and other official flows and seem to have been less of a priority for donors.
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- Food Security
- State of Food Security and Nutrition
Operation Nanhe Farishtey
84,119 children were rescued by the Railway Protection Force under 'Operation Nanhe Farishtey' in the last 7 years.
About 'Operation Nanhe Farishtey’
- It is a mission dedicated to rescuing children in need of care and protection across various Indian Railway Zones.
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- Operation Nanhe Farishtey
- Railway Protection Force